ArticleKnee surgery & related research2018
Seasonal Influence on Postoperative Complications after Total Knee Arthroplasty.
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- Seasonal Impact on Wound Healing and Surgical Site Infections after Reduction Mammoplasty.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- The Association of Season of Surgery and Patient Reported Outcomes following Total Hip Arthroplasty.Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Clinical outcomes of two-stage revision for chronic periprosthetic joint infection of the knee: culture-negative versus culture-positive.Knee surgery & related research · 2021Article
- Warm Weather and Surgical Site Infections: A Meta-analysis.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2021Article
- Seasonal effect on the incidence of post-operative wound complications after trauma-related surgery of the foot, ankle and lower leg.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2020Article
- Seasonal influence on postoperative hip fracture complications: Retrospective cohort of more than 1000 patients from a tertiary-care university hospital.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeThis study is aimed at investigating whether inpatient complications and surgical site infections (SSIs) occurred more commonly in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) during the summer season. MATERIALS AND
methodsA total of 725 patients who underwent unilateral or bilateral TKA were included in this study. A total of 241 patients (33.2%) underwent TKA between May and August. Our outcomes of interest were the incidence of postoperative complications and length of stay.
resultsMay-August surgeries were associated with a higher risk of postoperative inpatient complications (p=0.003). May-August surgeries (odds ratio [OR], 2.13; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.18 to 3.85), postoperative transfusion (OR, 2.46; 95% CI, 1.43 to 4.26), postoperative special care unit stay (OR, 4.68; 95% CI, 1.99 to 11.0) and chronic kidney disease (OR, 3.27; 95% CI, 1.15 to 9.28) were associated with a higher odds of developing inpatient complications. No association was present between summer surgeries and SSIs (p=0.486).
conclusionsThe results of this study show that overall complication rates following TKA exhibit a seasonal trend, with a peak during the summer months. These results may have some implication in clinical practice and stricter approaches to hospital guidelines during the summer months.
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