Researchers studied 43 inpatients and outpatients who underwent total knee arthroplasty by a single surgeon between Sept. 28, 2010, and May 5, 2015, and collected data on complications, readmissions and emergency department visits after 90 days.
Here are the key insights to know:
1. Quality of recovery was similar in both cohorts.
2. One person in both the inpatient and outpatient group had a readmission.
3. Eight outpatients and six inpatients went to the emergency department for any reason within 90 days.
4. “Outpatient total knee arthroplasty in selected patients produced similar short-term and 2-year patient-reported outcome measures and a comparable 90-day postdischarge hospital resource utilization when compared to an inpatient cohort, supporting further investigation into outpatient total knee arthroplasty,” the researchers concluded.
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