Safety of total elbow arthroplasty in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and prior hip or knee periprosthetic joint infection

Braig, Zachary; Nieboer, Micah; Aden, Aisha; Zhu, Agnes; Fruth, Kristin M.; Barlow, Jonathan D.; Sánchez-Sotelo, Joaquín; O’Driscoll, Shawn W.; Morrey, Mark E.

doi:10.1053/j.sart.2023.01.002

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“…In total, 802 articles were retrieved, 321 duplicates were excluded, and 26 studies were finally included after screening the titles and abstracts according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. 8 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 The literature screening process is presented in Figure 1 . Altogether, 2374 patients were included in this study.…”

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Prevalence of wound infections and postoperative complications after total elbow arthroplasty for rheumatoid arthritis: A meta‐analysis

Chen,

Liu,

2023

International Wound Journal

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This study aimed to systematically evaluate the prevalence of surgical site wound infections and postoperative complications after total elbow arthroplasty (TEA) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for clinical research and application. Embase, PubMed, Cochrane Library, CNKI, VIP, CBM, and Wanfang databases were electronically searched to collect clinical studies on the application of TEA in the treatment of RA from inception to August 2023. Two independent researchers performed literature screening, data extraction, and quality assessment. A meta‐analysis was performed using the R 4.3.1 software. Overall, 26 studies with a total of 2374 patients were included. The results of the meta‐analysis revealed that after TEA in patients with RA, the prevalence of surgical site wound infections and postoperative complications was 3.37% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.68%–4.13%), and 31.63% (95% CI: 24.97%–38.28%), respectively. The prevalence of surgical site wound infections is low, whereas that of postoperative complications is high; thus, the safety of TEA remains debatable. Owing to limitations on the quality and number of included studies, the findings need to be verified in higher‐quality studies.

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