Early Discharge After Total Hip Arthroplasty at an Urban Tertiary Care Safety Net Hospital: A 2-Year Retrospective Cohort Study.

Maxwell C AlleyGrant S ShewmakerMax H VaickusRuijia NiuDavid M Freccero Eric L Smith

Published in: The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (2021)

This study confirmed that early discharge after THA is as safe as standard discharge in a safety net hospital with appropriate preoperative risk screening. Increased perioperative counseling and optimization of social and medical risk factors mitigated possible risk factors for increased length of stay and surgical complication.

Keyphrases

healthcare
tertiary care
risk factors
total hip arthroplasty
patients undergoing
acute care
cardiac surgery
mental health
emergency department
smoking cessation
hepatitis c virus
hiv testing
men who have sex with men