Kothandaraman V, Kunkle B, Reid J, Oldenburg KS, Johnson C, Eichinger JK, Friedman RJ. Increased Risk of Perioperative Complications in Dialysis Patients Following Rotator Cuff Repairs and Knee Arthroscopy.
Arthrosc Sports Med Rehabil 2021;
3:e1651-e1660. [PMID:
34977617 PMCID:
PMC8689219 DOI:
10.1016/j.asmr.2021.07.021]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 07/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Purpose
To determine the effects of dialysis on postoperative and perioperative complications following rotator cuff repair (RCR) and knee arthroscopy (KA).
Methods
The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) was queried from 2006 to 2018. Groups were matched for age, sex, body mass index, smoking status, preoperative functional status, and the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) status. Chi-squared tests and Fisher’s exact tests were used to analyze the comorbidities. Differences in occurrences of postoperative adverse events (AE), mortality within 30 days, reoperations with 30 days, extended hospital stay (≥2 days), and readmissions within 30 days were analyzed using the Mantel-Haenszel test. Sign tests were used to evaluate differences in operative time, as well as length of hospital stay.
Results
Dialysis patients in both the RCR and KA groups had greater odds of experiencing any AE (OR: 6.33 and 7.46, P value: .031 and <.001, respectively) and readmission within 30 days (OR: 10.5 and 4.1, P value: .015 and .014, respectively). They also had significantly greater operating times (P = .049 for both). Dialysis patients undergoing KA had greater odds of staying in the hospital ≥2 days (OR: 10, P = <.001) and being reoperated on within 30 days (OR: 3.78, P = .033). The total hospital stay was significantly greater for dialysis patients in the KA group (P < .001) but not in the RCR group (P = .088). None of the individual AE’s significantly differed between the dialysis and non-dialysis patients in the RCR cohort; however, dialysis patients in the KA cohort had greater incidences of three AE’s.
Conclusions
This study identified significantly worse short-term complication rates in dialysis patients undergoing RCR and KA. Careful preoperative evaluation and postoperative surveillance are warranted in this high-risk patient group. Patients should be counseled appropriately on the increased complication risks associated with RCR and KA surgeries.
Level of Evidence
Level III, retrospective cohort study.
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