Open AccessDiabetes Disease Severity Was Not Associated with Risk of Deep Infection or Revision After Shoulder Arthroplasty
Author(s) -
Matthew D. McElvany,
Priscilla H. Chan,
Heather A. Prentice,
Elizabeth W. Paxton,
Mark T. Dillon,
Ronald A. Navarro
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000000642
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , glycemic , arthroplasty , retrospective cohort study , surgery , cohort , population , physical therapy , endocrinology , environmental health
Prior studies have identified diabetes and disease severity (defined using hemoglobin A1c [HbA1c]) as potential risk factors for complications after shoulder arthroplasty. Evaluations of diabetes status and risk of adverse outcomes beyond the 30-day window either are limited or have not accounted for disease severity. Further, measures of diabetes severity other than HbA1c have yet to be investigated in a shoulder arthroplasty population.