Abstract
The authors used the California Health Facilities Discharge data for 1984 and 1985 to compare retrospectively in-hospital morbidity and mortality of all 721 patients with rheumatoid arthritis versus all 8,859 patients with osteoarthritis who underwent a non-emergent, first-time, unilateral total hip arthroplasty. The lengths of hospitalization, in-hospital mortality rates, and incidences of post-operative complications were similar in the two groups except for higher rates of wound infection and wound dehiscence in the patients with rheumatoid arthritis and a higher rate of thromboembolic events in the osteoarthritis group. The short-term outcome of patients with rheumatoid arthritis appears comparable to that of patients with osteoarthritis.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 304-309 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of General Internal Medicine |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 1990 |
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Keywords
- hip arthroplasty
- osteoarthritis
- rheumatoid arthritis
- surgery
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Internal Medicine
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Early morbidity after total hip replacement - Rheumatoid arthritis versus osteoarthritis. / White, Richard H.; McCurdy, Stephen A.; Marder, Richard A.
In: Journal of General Internal Medicine, Vol. 5, No. 4, 07.1990, p. 304-309.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AU - Marder, Richard A.
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N2 - The authors used the California Health Facilities Discharge data for 1984 and 1985 to compare retrospectively in-hospital morbidity and mortality of all 721 patients with rheumatoid arthritis versus all 8,859 patients with osteoarthritis who underwent a non-emergent, first-time, unilateral total hip arthroplasty. The lengths of hospitalization, in-hospital mortality rates, and incidences of post-operative complications were similar in the two groups except for higher rates of wound infection and wound dehiscence in the patients with rheumatoid arthritis and a higher rate of thromboembolic events in the osteoarthritis group. The short-term outcome of patients with rheumatoid arthritis appears comparable to that of patients with osteoarthritis.
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