Open AccessPatients Lost to Follow-up in Shoulder Arthroplasty: Descriptive Characteristics and Reasons
Author(s) -
Carlos Torrens,
Raquel Martínez,
Fernando Santana
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinics in orthopedic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.002
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2005-4408
pISSN - 2005-291X
DOI - 10.4055/cios21034
Subject(s) - medicine , american society of anesthesiologists , body mass index , hazard ratio , surgery , arthroplasty , obesity , confidence interval
The purpose of this study was to determine the number of patients lost to follow-up yearly in shoulder arthroplasty and investigate the characteristics of the patients lost to follow-up that may differ from those not lost to follow-up.