Inpatient dislocation after primary total hip arthroplasty: incidence and associated patient and hospital factors.

CONCLUSION: Inpatient dislocation has increased in recent years. Optimised management and recognition of the patient and hospital factors outlined in this study may help decrease inpatient dislocation risks following THA, thus avoiding hospital reimbursement penalties for this preventable complication.
PMID: 32716660 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Hip International - July 26, 2020 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Mohamed NS, Castrodad IMD, Etcheson JI, Sodhi N, Remily EA, Wilkie WA, Mont MA, Delanois RE Tags: Hip Int Source Type: research