2010 Factors that predict short-term complication rates after total hip arthroplasty CORR Open Access

Description: Results Compared with patients treated at high-volume hospitals (above the 20th percentile), patients treated at low-volume hospitals (below the 60th percentile) had a higher aggregate risk of having short-term complications (odds ratio, 2.00). A variety of patient factors also had associations with an increased risk of complications: increased Charlson comorbidity score, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, advanced age, male gender, and black race. Hispanic and Asian patients had lower risks of complications.
Conclusions Patient and provider characteristics affected the risk of a short-term complication after THA. These results may be useful for educating patients and anticipating perioperative risks of THA in different patient populations.
Factors that predict short-term complication rates after total hip arthroplasty. Soohoo NF, Farng E, Lieberman JR, Chambers L, Zingmond DS. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2010 Sep;468(9):2363-71. (Full text)