Elevated HbA1c is not a risk factor for wound complications following total joint arthroplasty: a prospective study.
Ahmad Shoib SharqzadBastian ToussaintHussein AbdelazizFelix KlebigAlexandra DobinskyMatthias GebauerThorsten GehrkePublished in: Hip international : the journal of clinical and experimental research on hip pathology and therapy (2021)
We demonstrated that prevalence of unknown and uncontrolled DM in patients undergoing TJA is increasing, however; routine preoperative determination of the HbA1c value to prevent possible postoperative wound or infectious complications remains debatable. Larger studies investigating the optimal HbA1c level, as well as other predictors are required.