Hospital Adverse Events and Perioperative Outcomes in Bilateral Direct Anterior Approach Total Hip Arthroplasty

Perioperative hospital adverse events represent a significant outcome that is often overlooked. Even “minor events” such as fever or tachycardia may lead to significant costs due to workup tests, interconsultations, and/or increased length of stay(LOS). The optimal timing of bilateral direct anterior approach total hip arthroplasty (DAA-THA) remains unsettled. Consequently, we wanted to compare hospital LOS, discharge disposition, hospital adverse events-major; minor, and transfusion rates between simultaneous and staged bilateral DAA-THA.

Source: The Journal of Arthroplasty - October 8, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Jesus M. Villa, Tejbir S. Pannu, Carlos A. Higuera, Juan C. Suarez, Preetesh D. Patel, Wael K. Barsoum Source Type: research