Journal article
Infection burden for hip and knee arthroplasty in the United States
The Journal of arthroplasty, v 23(7), pp 984-991
01 Oct 2008
PMID: 18534466
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Abstract
We quantified the current and historical incidence of periprosthetic infection associated with hip and knee arthroplasty in the United States using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, as well as corresponding hospitalization charges and length of stay. The rate of infected knee arthroplasties was 0.92%, significantly greater than that of infected hip arthroplasties with 0.88%. Length of stay was significantly longer for infected hip (9.7 days) and knee (7.6 days) arthroplasties compared to uninfected procedures (hip, 4.3 days; knee, 3.9 days) (P <.0001). Hospitalization charges were also significantly greater for infected joint arthroplasties than for uninfected arthroplasties (hips, 1.76 times; knees, 1.52 times) (P <.0001). Urban-non-teaching hospitals experienced the highest burden of infection with 1.18% for hips and 1.26% for knees compared to rural (0.61% for hips and 0.69% for knees) and urban-teaching hospitals (0.73% for hips and 0.77% for knees). We found an increasing number of joint arthroplasties being diagnosed with periprosthetic infection.
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- Title
- Infection burden for hip and knee arthroplasty in the United States
- Creators
- Steven M. Kurtz - Exponent (United States)Edmund Lau - Exponent Inc, Menlo Pk, CA USAJordana Schmier - Exponent Inc, Alexandria, VA USAKevin L. Ong - Exponent (United States)Ke Zhao - Exponent Inc, Menlo Pk, CA USAJavad Parvizi - Rothman Inst, Philadelphia, PA USA
- Publication Details
- The Journal of arthroplasty, v 23(7), pp 984-991
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 8
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000259855700007
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-52049097764
- Other Identifier
- 991019189121304721
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- Industry collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Orthopedics