Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bini, Stefano A., MD
• Khatod, Monti, MD
• Inacio, Maria C.S., PhD
• Paxton, Elizabeth W., MA

Titel

Same-Day Versus Staged Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty Poses No Increase in Complications in 6672 Primary Procedures

Ist Teil von

• The Journal of arthroplasty, 2014-04, Vol.29 (4), p.694-697

Ort / Verlag

United States: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Quelle

Elsevier ScienceDirect Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Abstract We examined the assumption that patients undergoing same-day bilateral total knee arthroplasty (TKA) have a higher incidence of major peri-operative complications than patients who stage their procedures over the course of a year. Between April 2001 and March 2007, prospective data were collected using a total joint registry. Patients undergoing primary, bilateral, same-day, TKAs were compared to patients undergoing primary, staged, bilateral TKAs within 12 months of the index operation. A total of 2441 TKAs were performed on the same day, while 4231 were staged. There were no significant differences in 90-day mortality, thrombotic events and infections between the two groups. Performing same-day bilateral TKA does not predispose patients to increased cumulative incidence of major complications over staged arthroplasty.