Operative Duration and Short-Term Postoperative Complications Following Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty

Prolonged operative duration is an independent risk factor for postoperative complications in many orthopedic procedures ranging from shoulder arthroscopy to total hip and knee arthroplasty. It has not been well studied in unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA). The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of operative duration on complications following UKA.

Source: The Journal of Arthroplasty - September 10, 2020 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Michael B. Held, Venkat Boddapati, Nana O. Sarpong, Herbert J. Cooper, Roshan P. Shah, Jeffrey A. Geller Source Type: research