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Functional Discharge Criteria In Total Hip Arthroplasty. What Makes The Difference For Overnight Hospital Stay In Our Center?

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Overnight total hip arthroplasty is becoming common in our center. Despite all the patients are under the same protocol, which includes a funcional discharge criteria, not all the patients leave the hospital the day after the surgical procedure. We conducted a study evaluating a group of patients who stayed one night, compared to a matched pair regarding age, body mass index and sex. Group 1 mean age was 61.4 years-old (SD 9.3), Group 2 was 60.8 years-old (SD 9.6); 10 women and 20 men each group, BMI was 28.1 (SD 3.7) and 27.8 (SD 3.6) for Groups 1 and 2 respectively. Patients who stayed only 1 night after THA were found to have higher levels of preoperative hemoglobin, had uncommonly 2 or more major comorbidities, and the operation was predominantly performed by anterior approach.

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International Journal of Advanced Joint Reconstruction, 2019, vol. 6, num. 2, p. 28-32

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cc-by-nc (c), Demaría, Pablo et al., 2019

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Articles publicats en revistes (Cirurgia i Especialitats Medicoquirúrgiques)

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Functional Discharge Criteria In Total Hip Arthroplasty. What Makes The Difference For Overnight Hospital Stay In Our Center?