Risk factors for infection, revision, death, blood transfusion and longer hospital stay 3 months and 1 year after primary total hip or knee arthroplasty | Zendy

Chanseok Rhee | Zendy; Lynn Lethbridge | Zendy; Glen Richardson | Zendy; Michael Dunbar | Zendy

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Risk factors for infection, revision, death, blood transfusion and longer hospital stay 3 months and 1 year after primary total hip or knee arthroplasty

Author(s) -

Chanseok Rhee,

Lynn Lethbridge,

Glen Richardson,

Michael Dunbar

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.007117

Subject(s) - medicine , comorbidity , blood transfusion , arthroplasty , odds ratio , diabetes mellitus , myocardial infarction , surgery , endocrinology

Total joint replacement (TJR) is increasingly performed in older patients with more comorbidities, who are considered at higher risk for postoperative complications. We aimed to identify and calculate the odds ratio of the risk factors for infection, revision and death 3 months and 1 year after TJR as well as for postoperative blood transfusion and longer hospital stay.

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