Introduction of day case hip and knee replacement programme at an inpatient ward is safe and may expedite shortening of hospital stays of traditional arthroplasties

We investigated the safety of primary hip and knee replacements with same day discharge (SDD) and their effect on length of stay (LOS) of traditional inpatient arthroplasties at our elective orthopaedic ward. 200 patients underwent elective, unilateral primary day case total hip (THA, n = 94), total...

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Published in:	Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research Vol. 16; no. 1; p. 585
Main Authors:	Lovasz, Gyorgy, Aros, Attila, Toth, Ferenc, Va Faye, John, La Malfa, Marco
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England BioMed Central Ltd 11-10-2021 BioMed Central BMC
Subjects:	Anemia Anesthesia Arthroplasty (hip) Arthroplasty (knee) Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip - adverse effects Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee - adverse effects Care and treatment Day case Embolism Fainting Hip Hip and knee arthroplasty Humans Inpatients Joint replacement surgery Joint surgery Length of Stay Lengths of stay Orthopedics Pain Patient Readmission Patient safety Patient satisfaction Patients Physical therapy Postoperative Complications - epidemiology Pulmonary embolism Risk Factors Shortening Surgical outcomes Tranexamic acid Lengths of stay Hip and knee arthroplasty Day case Shortening
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Summary:	We investigated the safety of primary hip and knee replacements with same day discharge (SDD) and their effect on length of stay (LOS) of traditional inpatient arthroplasties at our elective orthopaedic ward. 200 patients underwent elective, unilateral primary day case total hip (THA, n = 94), total knee (TKA, n = 60) and unicondylar knee replacements (UKA, n = 46). SDD rates, reasons for failure to discharge, readmission, complication and satisfaction rates were recorded at 6-week follow up. Changes in LOS of inpatient arthroplasties (n = 6518) and rate of patients discharged with only one night stay treated at the same ward were tracked from 1 year prior to introduction of day case arthroplasty (DCA) program to the end of observation period. 166 patients (83%) had SDD while 34 (17%) needed overnight stay. Main reasons for failure to discharge were lack of confidence (4%) fainting due to single vasovagal episode (3.5%), urine retention (3%) and late resolution of spinal anaesthesia (3%). 5 patients (3%) had readmission within 6 weeks, including 1 (0.6%) with a partial and treated pulmonary embolism. 163 patients were satisfied with SDD (98%). After launching the DCA program, average LOS of inpatients was reduced from 2.3 days to 1.8 days and rate of discharge with only 1-night stay increased from 12% to around 60%. Introduction of routine SDD hip and knee arthroplasty programme at an elective orthopaedic centre is safe and also may confer wider benefits leading to shorter inpatient hospital stays.
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ISSN:	1749-799X 1749-799X
DOI:	10.1186/s13018-021-02737-3