ArticleThe Journal of arthroplasty2014
Are there identifiable risk factors and causes associated with unplanned readmissions following total knee arthroplasty?
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Two Decades of Research.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Pooled it
- Patient-Related Risk Factors for Unplanned 30-Day Hospital Readmission Following Primary and Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Rates, causes, and types of readmissions after total joint arthroplasty.Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2020Article
- All-Cause Versus Complication-Specific Readmission Following Total Knee Arthroplasty.The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume · 2017Article
- Predictors of hospital readmission following revision total knee arthroplasty.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2016Article
- Morbidity and mortality after bilateral simultaneous total knee arthroplasty in a fast-track setting.Acta orthopaedica · 2016Article
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Abstract
We conducted a retrospective review of 3218 primary total knee arthroplasties (TKA) performed over two years at an urban academic hospital network using clinical and administrative data. Increased length of stay (LOS) was associated with readmission (P < 0.001). Readmission was not associated with age (P = 0.100), gender (P = 0.608), body mass index (P = 0.329), or staged bilateral procedures (P = 0.420). The most common readmitting diagnoses were post-operative infection (22.5%), hematoma (10.1%), pulmonary embolus (7.9%) and deep vein thrombosis (5.6%). Of readmissions, 53.9% were for surgical reasons and 46.1% were for medical reasons. Certain interventions described in previous literature may be more successful in minimizing unplanned readmissions by focusing on patients with extended LOS, elevated infection risk and low socioeconomic status.
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