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Functional Outcomes And Complications Of Total Hip Arthroplasty With Dual Mobility Cup : An Audit, Muhammad Younus Khan Durrani, Javeria Saeed, Masood Umer, Pervaiz Hashmi
Functional Outcomes And Complications Of Total Hip Arthroplasty With Dual Mobility Cup : An Audit, Muhammad Younus Khan Durrani, Javeria Saeed, Masood Umer, Pervaiz Hashmi
Section of Orthopaedic Surgery
Objective: To determine the functional outcomes in total hip arthroplasty with a dual mobility cup, performed in our hospital.
Methods: After receiving an exemption from the Ethics review committee of the hospital, data collection for audit was started in January 2019. Records from July 2016 to June 2018 were included. All patients who underwent total hip arthroplasty with dual mobility prosthesis without any age limit were included. A proforma was prepared to collect the required information. Data was entered and analyzed on SPSS v. 21.
Results: Two hundred and ten patients were included, 114 females and 96 males. Of the …
Seasonal Influence On Postoperative Complications After Total Knee Arthroplasty, Azeem Tariq Malik, Muhammad Shahid Khan, Arif Ali M, Syed Hamza Mufarrih, Shahryar Noordin
Seasonal Influence On Postoperative Complications After Total Knee Arthroplasty, Azeem Tariq Malik, Muhammad Shahid Khan, Arif Ali M, Syed Hamza Mufarrih, Shahryar Noordin
Section of Orthopaedic Surgery
Purpose: This study is aimed at investigating whether inpatient complications and surgical site infections (SSIs) occurred more commonly in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) during the summer season.
Materials and Methods: A total of 725 patients who underwent unilateral or bilateral TKA were included in this study. A total of 241 patients (33.2%) underwent TKA between May and August. Our outcomes of interest were the incidence of postoperative complications and length of stay.
Result: May-August surgeries were associated with a higher risk of postoperative inpatient complications (p=0.003). May-August surgeries (odds ratio [OR], 2.13; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.18 …