ArticleEFORT open reviews2018
Day-case surgery for total hip and knee replacement: How safe and effective is it?
Article in EFORT open reviews, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
30 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.
- Safety, efficacy and cost-effectiveness of outpatient versus inpatient joint arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of systemic steroids administration in the clinical outcome of total hip arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective randomized controlled trials.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Perioperative bleeding control in total hip arthroplasty: hemostatic powder vs. tranexamic acid-a prospective randomized controlled trial.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2024Trial
- National survey of protocols for day-case hip and knee arthroplasty in the UK.Bone & joint open · 2026Article
- Outcomes of reverse shoulder arthroplasty as a day case procedure: a population-based cohort study using the National Joint Registry and Hospital Episode Statistics.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2026Article
- An overnight sensation: the effect of an acute introduction of a short-stay pathway on a previously compromised arthroplasty service.Bone & joint open · 2025Article
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- A systematic review and meta-analysis of preoperative carbohydrate drink loading prior to elective hip and knee arthroplasty.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2025Review
- Comparison of clinical and economic outcomes between the direct anterior approach and the posterolateral approach for primary total hip arthroplasty.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2025Article
- Predicting 30-Day Venous Thromboembolism Following Total Joint Arthroplasty: Adjusting for Trends in Annual Length of Stay.Arthroplasty today · 2024Article
- Perceived barriers and facilitators of day-case surgery for major foot and ankle procedures? A cross-sectional survey of United Kingdom surgeons.World journal of orthopedics · 2023Article
- No Effect of Surgical Approach on Discharge Outcomes in Outpatient Total Hip Arthroplasty.HSS journal : the musculoskeletal journal of Hospital for Special Surgery · 2022Article
- Length of Hospital Stay after Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Correlation Study on 1200 Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Impact of enhanced recovery pathways on safety and efficacy of hip and knee arthroplasty: A systematic review and meta-analysis.World journal of orthopedics · 2022Article
- Day-case unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: a literature review and development of a novel hospital pathway.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2022Review
- Same-day discharge after early mobilisation and increased frequency of physiotherapy following hip and knee arthroplasty.The South African journal of physiotherapy · 2022Article
- Introducing a day-case arthroplasty pathway significantly reduces overall length of stay.Bone & joint open · 2021Article
- The safety and efficacy of day-case total joint arthroplasty.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2021Review
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the length of stay following total hip and knee arthroplasty in a high volume elective orthopaedic unit.Bone & joint open · 2021Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Multimodal protocols for pain control, blood loss management and thromboprophylaxis have been shown to benefit patients by being more effective and as safe (fewer iatrogenic complications) as conventional protocols.Proper patient selection and education, multimodal protocols and a well-defined clinical pathway are all key for successful day-case arthroplasty.By potentially being more effective, cheaper than and as safe as inpatient arthroplasty, day-case arthroplasty might be beneficial for patients and healthcare systems. Cite this article:
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