Postoperative outcomes and anesthesia type in total knee arthroplasty in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Aim: We investigated the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), 30/90-day readmission rates and perioperative complications (postoperative cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, infectious or intraoperative complications) in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty. Materials & methods: We analyzed records of patients who underwent total knee arthroplasty using State Inpatient Databases. Demographics, comorbidities, 30/90-day readmission rates and complications were compared by OSA status. For NY, USA we analyzed outcomes by anesthetic type (regional vs general). Results: OSA patients were mostly male, had more comorbidities and had increased 30/90-day readmission rates. There were no differences in complications. In NY, there were no differences in outcomes by anesthetic type. Conclusion: OSA was associated with increased 30/90-day readmission rates. Within NY, anesthetic type was not associated with any outcomes.

publication date

  • October 6, 2022

Research

keywords

  • Anesthesia
  • Anesthetics
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
  • Sleep Apnea, Obstructive

Identity

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.2217/cer-2022-0139

PubMed ID

  • 36200444