Open AccessIncreased Mortality and Reoperation Rates After Treatment for Septic Arthritis of the Knee in People Who Inject Drugs: Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 2000-2013
Author(s) -
David Hyung Won Oh,
Alysse G. Wurcel,
David J. Tybor,
Dave Burke,
Mariano E. Menendez,
Matthew J. Salzler
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/01.blo.0000534682.68856.d8
Subject(s) - medicine , septic arthritis , emergency medicine , orthopedic surgery , knee arthritis , arthritis , surgery , intensive care medicine , osteoarthritis , alternative medicine , pathology
The United States has a growing opioid epidemic impacting all aspects of health care including orthopaedic surgery. Septic arthritis of the knee is a condition commonly encountered by orthopaedic surgeons related to opioid and injection drug use (IDU). Changes in the frequency of hospitalizations for IDU-related septic arthritis and differences in septic arthritis patient outcomes according to IDU status in the setting of the burgeoning opioid epidemic are unknown.