Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Dec 2023
Social determinants of health in patients undergoing hemiarthroplasty: are they associated with medical complications, healthcare utilization, and payments for care?
Social determinants of health (SDOH) have previously been shown to impact orthopedic surgery outcomes. This study assessed whether greater socioeconomic disadvantage in patients undergoing hemiarthroplasty following femoral neck fracture was associated with differences in (1) medical complications, (2) emergency department (ED) utilization, (3) readmission rates, and (4) payments for care. ⋯ III.
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the outcome of THA done in patients with sickle cell disease at a single center, and compare with rest of the world before we could recommend routine THA in SCD patients. ⋯ Our analysis shows that THA in sickle cell disease is safe with average 12 years of follow-up, indicating that surgery in these young patients (≤ 25 years) is safe and should not be delayed.