Are functional outcomes and early pain affected by discharge on the day of surgery following total hip and knee arthroplasty?

Background and purpose — Outpatient total knee and total hip arthroplasty (TKA and THA) has been shown to be feasible and safe in selected patients. However, little data is available on functional outcome and early pain in patients discharged on the day of surgery (DOS). We investigated patient-repo...

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Main Authors: Christian E Husted, Henrik Husted, Lina Holm Ingelsrud, Christian Skovgaard Nielsen, Anders Troelsen, Kirill Gromov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-10-01
Series:Acta Orthopaedica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2020.1836322