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UKA performed in an ASC yielded low rate of early complications
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Results showed patients who underwent unicompartmental knee arthroplasty at an ASC had a low rate of early postoperative complications and no increase in the risk of readmission of ED evaluation compared with patients treated in a hospital outpatient setting.
Researchers compared complications within the first 90 days after surgery between 288 patients who underwent unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) in an ASC and 281 patients who underwent UKA in a hospital outpatient setting.
Within 90 days, results showed 5.3% of patients experienced a major or minor complication and there was no difference in the overall complication rate between groups. Researchers found 0.4% of patients in the hospital outpatient group had a day of surgery admission vs. 0% of patients in the ambulatory surgical center group.
Each group had one visit to the ED in fewer than 24 hours after surgery. Researchers noted 1% and 1.4% of patients in the ASC group and hospital outpatient group, respectively, had an ED visit within 7 days after surgery. Results showed 1.7% of patients in the ambulatory surgical center group and 2.8% of patients in the hospital outpatient group had a readmission within the first 90 days. – by Casey Tingle
Disclosures: Cody reports no relevant financial disclosures. Please see the full study for a list of all other authors’ relevant financial disclosures.
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