Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus is an independent risk factor for postoperative complications in aseptic revision total hip arthroplasty.
CONCLUSIONS: Insulin dependence is an independent risk factor for numerous short-term postoperative complications following rTHA. When assessing risk and planning perioperative management, surgeons should consider insulin-dependent diabetics as a sub-cohort within the diabetic population.
PMID: 32750266 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Hip International - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Selemon NA, Gu A, Malahias MA, Fassihi SC, Chen AZ, Adriani M, Sculco TP, Liu J, Cross MB, Sculco PK Tags: Hip Int Source Type: research
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