VIDEO: Asymptomatic COVID-19 at time of surgery may not impact postoperative TJA outcomes
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Key takeaways:
- Patients with asymptomatic COVID-19 had similar postoperative outcomes vs. a control group after total joint arthroplasty.
- Researchers said the results may impact future COVID-19 research.
SAN FRANCISCO — Asymptomatic COVID-19 may not significantly affect postoperative outcomes in patients who undergo total knee or total hip arthroplasty, according to results presented here.
“Across the board, for both total knee and total hip patients, we were able to show that there was no significant increase in risk of major or minor complications, discharge disposition to home, emergency department use or length of stay,” Vaibhav R. Tadepalli, MD, PGY-3 at the University of Virginia, told Healio about results presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting. “[This study] can start to provide some information regarding what asymptomatic COVID looks like in our population moving forward.”
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Tadepalli VR, et al. Paper 128. Presented at: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting; Feb. 12-16, 2024; San Francisco.
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