The Impact of Mental Illness on Postoperative Adverse Outcomes After Outpatient Joint Surgery

The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between preexisting mental illness diagnosis and postoperative complications following outpatient total knee (TKA) and total hip arthroplasty (THA) and 2) compare to inpatient total joint arthroplasty (TJA).

Source: The Journal of Arthroplasty - April 12, 2021 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Pramod Kamalapathy, Kristina Kurker, Alyssa Althoff, James Browne, Brian C. Werner Source Type: research