Outpatient Total Hip Arthroplasty
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Patient Selection
One hundred ninety-two patients younger than 65 years, scheduled to undergo primary unilateral total hip arthroplasty between November 2006 and September 2007, were considered as candidates. Institutional review board approval was obtained, and all patients signed their informed consent before participating in the study.
Sixty-nine of 192 patients (36%) enrolled for same day discharge. Of 69 patients, 53 (77%) actually did go home the day of surgery. Demographics of all 69 enrolled same day
Results
Of 192 patients, 69 (36%) elected to enroll for outpatient total hip arthroplasty. Fifty-three of 69 enrolled patients (77%) achieved their goal of going home the same day as surgery. The mean length of hospital stay for the 53 patients was 11.1 ± 1.1 hours. Of 69 patients, 16 (23.2%) stayed at least 1 night (3 patients remained 2 nights, and 1 patient remained 4 nights). The reasons for not going home were pain in 2 patients, hypotension in 5, dizziness in 4, nausea in 3, infection in 1, and
Discussion
The questions of this study were how many patients would elect to go home the same day; was it safe for them to do so; and was there any benefit for those who went home. Of 192, 69 (36%) elected to go home, and 45 (28%) of 192 actually did go home. Of 69 who wanted to go home, 53 (77%) completed the same day discharge. By the criteria of no medical complications and no medical readmissions this treatment program was safe. The safety of our program confirmed the data of Berger et al [14] who
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