‘Short stay’ hip arthroplasty patients show good results (OrthopedicsToday)
Researchers from the United Kingdom have reported positive results for a short stay hip program, which educates and then discharges patients within 2 days after an uncemented total hip arthroplasty procedure, according to a presentation here.
“Short length of stay is very achievable in the district general hospital setting,” Sebastian Dawson-Bowling, MCRS, stated in his presentation at the British Orthopaedic Association Congress, here. “These are highly reproducible steps and we believe the program can be reproduced elsewhere.”
Sebastian Dawson-Bowling
Of 100 patients evaluated at 3-year to 5-year follow-up, there was one dislocation, one myocardial infarction and one deep infection. Patients were mean 65 years old with an American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) score of 1.97 and stayed for a mean of 1.99 nights. There was no association between ASA score and age, according to the abstract.
Patients underwent a half-day “joint school training” regime prior to admission, where they are assessed in a group session, followed by an individual physiological exam and assessment by nurses, Dawson-Bowling sa...
