ArticleMedicine2017
Readmission due to infection following total hip and total knee procedures: A retrospective study.
Article in Medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review of cost and well-being in hip and knee replacements surgical site infections.International wound journal · 2023Pooled it
- Pre-operative methicillin-resistantJournal of shoulder and elbow arthroplasty · 2026Article
- Nasal decolonization in total joint arthroplasty: current state of evidence.Journal of bone and joint infection · 2026Review
- How Is Preoperative Opioid Use Associated With Readmissions and Outcomes in Lower Extremity Trauma?Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2025Article
- Predicting 30-day unplanned hospital readmission after revision total knee arthroplasty: machine learning model analysis of a national patient cohort.Medical & biological engineering & computing · 2024Article
- Real-World Evidence of the Impact of a Novel Surgical Irrigant on Surgical Site Infections in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty Performed at an Ambulatory Surgery Center.Surgical infections · 2024Article
- Diagnosis and Prevention of Periprosthetic Joint Infections by Staphylococcus aureus after Hip Fracture: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Revista brasileira de ortopedia · 2024Article
- Is there variation in utilization of preoperative tests among patients undergoing total hip and knee replacement in the US, and does it affect outcomes? A population-based analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Article
- Incidence and Cost of Surgical Site Infections After Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation and Meniscal Allograft Transplantation in the Knee.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2022Article
- Bioinspired double self-adhesion coating based on dopamine, coating resin and phosphorylcholine for surface lubrication and antifouling functionalization.Designed monomers and polymers · 2021Article
- Predicting Unplanned Readmissions Following a Hip or Knee Arthroplasty: Retrospective Observational Study.JMIR medical informatics · 2020Article
- Life-Threatening, Bleeding Pseudoaneurysm of the External Iliac Artery in the Setting of an Infected Total Hip Arthroplasty fromArthroplasty today · 2020Article
- Article
- Successful treatment for acute prosthetic joint infection due to MRSA andTherapeutics and clinical risk management · 2018Article
- Reimbursement Penalties and 30-Day Readmissions Following Total Joint Arthroplasty.JB & JS open accessArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Policymakers have expanded readmissions penalty programs to include elective arthroplasties, but little is known about the risk factors for readmissions following these procedures. We hypothesized that infections after total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) lead to excess readmissions and increased costs. This study aims to evaluate the proportion of readmissions due to infections following THA and TKA.Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project-State Inpatient Databases were used for the study. Procedure codes "8151" and "8154" were used to identify inpatient discharges with THA and TKA in Florida (FL) 2009 to 2013, Massachusetts (MA) 2010 to 2012, and California (CA) 2009 to 2011. Readmission was measured by a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) validated algorithm. Infections were identified by ICD-9-CM codes: 99859, 99666, 6826, 0389, 486, 4821, 00845, 5990, 48242, 04111, 04112, 04119, 0417, 99591, and 99592. Descriptive analysis was performed.In CA, 4.29% of patients were readmitted with 33.02% of the total readmissions for infection. In FL, 4.7% of patients were readmitted with 33.39% of the readmissions for infection. In MA, 3.92% of patients were readmitted with 35.2% of readmissions for infection. Of the total number of readmissions due to infection, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) together accounted for 14.88% in CA, 13.38% in FL, and 13.11% in MA.The rate of infection is similar across all 3 states and is a leading cause for readmission following THA and TKA. Programs to reduce the likelihood of MRSA or MSSA infection would reduce readmissions due to infection.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.