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Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Is Associated With A Lower Rate Of Periprosthetic Joint Infection Compared To Total Knee Arthroplasty, Cody S. Lee, Edwin P. Su, Michael B. Cross, Alberto V. Carli, David C. Landy, Brian P. Chalmers
Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Is Associated With A Lower Rate Of Periprosthetic Joint Infection Compared To Total Knee Arthroplasty, Cody S. Lee, Edwin P. Su, Michael B. Cross, Alberto V. Carli, David C. Landy, Brian P. Chalmers
Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine Faculty Publications
Background: Several studies have reported lower perioperative complications with unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) than with total knee arthroplasty (TKA). However, there is a paucity of data analyzing the incidence of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) in similar patients undergoing UKA and TKA. As such, we sought to analyze the incidence of UKA and TKA PJI in a large matched population.
Material and Methods: The Mariner data set of the PearlDiver database was queried for all patients undergoing UKA or TKA during 2010-2017. Included patients were required to have at least 2 years of database inclusion after surgery. Patients were then matched …
Complications In Cardiac Surgery, Christine Williamitis
Complications In Cardiac Surgery, Christine Williamitis
Theses and Dissertations--Nursing
Quality of care and outcomes from cardiac surgery have always been of primary importance to providers and the entire health care team when caring for cardiac surgical patients. Providers in cardiac surgery have had a long history of tracking procedural morbidity and mortality rates in programs nationally and internationally. Morbidity and mortality rates vary widely among hospitals. In most studies in which procedural outcomes from cardiac surgery are evaluated, the focus has been on operative morbidity and mortality and the probability of death after a cardiac surgical procedure. Less attention has been paid to predictors of perioperative complications, and sample …