Preoperative Malnutrition Increases Odds of Hospital Admission and Extended Length of Stay Following Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair.

CONCLUSION: Malnutrition as assessed by preoperative serum albumin <3.5 g/dL is significantly associated with increased odds of hospital admission and extended length of stay following arthroscopic RCR. This has clinical implications in surgical patient selection and risk stratification. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: III, Retrospective cohort study. PMID: 32928015 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Physician and Sportsmedicine Online - Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Phys Sportsmed Source Type: research