Comparative Analysis of Short-Term Postoperative Complications in Outpatient Versus Inpatient Total Ankle Arthroplasty: A Database Study |
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Authors: | Chandler Tedder Henry DeBell Daniel Dix Walter R. Smith Gerald McGwin Ashish Shah Sameer Naranje |
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Affiliation: | 1. Medical Student, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, AL;2. Medical Student, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL;3. Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL;4. Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL |
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Abstract: | Ankle arthritis is a potentially debilitating disease, with approximately 50,000 cases diagnosed annually. One treatment option for these patients is total ankle arthroplasty (TAA). This procedure has historically been performed in the inpatient setting with a 1–2-night postoperative hospital stay. Outpatient surgeries are gaining popularity due to their cost effectiveness, decreased length of hospital stay, and convenience. Therefore it is important to evaluate the safety of specific procedures in the outpatient setting compared with the inpatient setting. This study evaluated the complication rates in inpatient versus outpatient TAA. It analyzed data from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program for 591 patients who received TAA. Postoperative complication rates were compared between 66 outpatients and 535 inpatients. Frequencies of the following complications were analyzed: wound complications, pneumonia, hematologic complications (pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis), renal failure, stroke, and return to the operating room within 30 days. Unadjusted direct comparisons of the cohorts revealed higher complication rates in the inpatient cohort. Inpatients had higher rates of superficial surgical site infections, deep surgical site infections, number of organ/space surgical site infections, pneumonia occurrences, and return to the operating room, but these differences were not significant. These results showed no significant increase in complication rates in outpatients compared to inpatients. Our results suggest that inpatient and outpatient TAA show similar complication rates. This suggests that outpatient TAA is safe and may be a superior option for certain populations. Further investigation is warranted to verify these conclusions. |
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Keywords: | 3 ankle arthritis hospital outcomes joints orthopedics postoperative complications total ankle replacement |
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