Comparison of perioperative complications after total elbow arthroplasty in patients with and without diabetes

Background Few studies have analyzed the effect of diabetes on outcomes after total elbow arthroplasty (TEA). We investigated the perioperative complications after TEA in patients with and without diabetes. Methods We evaluated the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) database from 2005 to 2010 for pat...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery 2014-11, Vol.23 (11), p.1599-1606
Hauptverfasser: Toor, Aneet S., MD, Jiang, Jimmy J., MD, Shi, Lewis L., MD, Koh, Jason L., MD
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Zusammenfassung:Background Few studies have analyzed the effect of diabetes on outcomes after total elbow arthroplasty (TEA). We investigated the perioperative complications after TEA in patients with and without diabetes. Methods We evaluated the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) database from 2005 to 2010 for patients who underwent a TEA. Our retrospective study included 3184 patients based on International Classification of Diseases-Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification codes. We compared outcomes in 488 patients with diabetes and in 2696 patients without diabetes. Results Patients with diabetes had a significantly older mean age (66.8 vs 58.5 years, P  
ISSN:1058-2746
1532-6500
DOI:10.1016/j.jse.2014.06.045