Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-12-2022
Abstract
Background: Previous studies have demonstrated that solid organ transplant (SOT) patients undergoing primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) are at an increased risk of postoperative complications. The purpose of this study is to utilize a large, national database to investigate revision TKA (rTKA) outcomes in SOT patients.
Methods: This was a retrospective review utilizing the Nationwide Readmissions Database (NRD) and ICD-9 codes to identify patients who underwent rTKA from 2010-2014 with a history of at least one SOT. Propensity-score-matching (PSM) was used to compare rTKA outcomes in SOT patients compared to matched patients without SOT.
Results: A total of 303,867 rTKAs, with 464 of those being performed in SOT patients, were included in the study. Of these, 71,903 and 182 were performed for PJI in non-SOT and SOT patients, respectively. rTKA was performed most frequently in kidney transplant patients (53.0%) followed by liver transplant patients (34.3%). For non-PJI patients, SOT patients had a higher 90-day readmission rate than matched non-SOT rTKA patients (23.2% vs 12.6%, p = 0.006). However, there were no differences in 90-day readmission rates for specific rTKA complications, subsequent revision rTKA, or mortality. Among patients undergoing rTKA for PJI, there was no difference in overall 90-day readmission rate, readmission for specific rTKA complications, subsequent revision rTKA, or mortality.
Conclusions: While the increased medical comorbidities associated with SOT place patients at increased risk for complications following rTKA, it appears that SOT alone does not do so when patients are matched based on overall medical comorbidity.
Recommended Citation
Upfill-Brown, Alexander; Wu, Shannon Y; Hart, Christopher; Hsiue, Peter P; Chen, Clark J; Ponzio, Danielle Y.; Photopoulos, Christos; and Stavrakis, Alexandra I, "Revision total knee arthroplasty outcomes in solid organ transplant Patients, a matched cohort study of aseptic and infected revisions" (2022). Rothman Institute Faculty Papers. Paper 158.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/rothman_institute/158
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Language
English
Comments
This article is the author’s final published version in Knee, Volume 34, January 2022, Pages 231 - 237.
The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knee.2021.12.007. Copyright © Upfill-Brown et al.