Alexandre Hardy, Etienne L Belzile, Vincent Roy, Julien Pageau-Bleau, Félix Tremblay, Julien Dartus, Geneviève Germain, Stéphane Pelet
BACKGROUND: Up to 25% of patients requiring hip or knee arthroplasty have sleep apnea (SA), and these patients have historically been excluded from outpatient programs. The objectives of this study were to evaluate same-day discharge failure as well as 30-day complications, readmissions, and unexpected visits. METHODS: A retrospective case-control study comparing patients who have and do not have SA matched for age, sex and arthroplasty type (total hip arthroplasty [THA], total knee arthroplasty [TKA], unicompartimental knee arthroplasty [UKA]) who underwent primary outpatient surgery between February 2019 and December 2022 in two academic hospitals was conducted...
February 12, 2024: Journal of Arthroplasty