Patient-Reported Allergies Are Associated With Poorer Patient Satisfaction and Outcomes After Lower Extremity Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Patient Satisfaction Reporting After Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review

“…The most common method for assessing satisfaction was the 10-point visual analog scale for satisfaction (7 studies, 29.2%). [20][21][22][23][24][25][26] Other methods included an ordinal scale (eg, very satisfied, satisfied, neutral, dissatisfied) (6 studies, 25.0%) [27][28][29][30][31][32] ; willingness to undergo surgery again (5 studies, 20.8%) 30,[32][33][34][35] ; and a binary scale (yes/ no for satisfied) (3 studies, 12.5%) (Table). [36][37][38] For the 3 studies reporting a binary (yes/no) result for patient satisfaction, all showed greater than 80% overall satisfaction.…”

Enhanced Selection of Candidates for Same-Day and Outpatient Total Knee Arthroplasty

“…Because surgery start time is typically determined a few weeks in advance and under the surgeon's control, we included this variable as preoperatively determined. Greater number of patientreported allergies has been associated with severe postoperative pain [17] and longer LOS [18] conferring 1.1 hours longer LOS per allergy reported [19,20]. We considered whether self-reported allergies might be a proxy for some other factor such as anxiety.…”

Hypothyroidism Increases 90-Day Complications and Costs Following Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

“…Although complications following TKA are rare [8], the personal and fiscal costs can be overwhelming [9–12]. Attention has recently focused on identifying risk factors associated with adverse events [13–20], and worse clinical outcomes [21–24], following TKA, presuming the identification of modifiable variables may allow for preoperative intervention, potentially improving outcomes and decreasing cost.…”