Factors associated with longer length of hospital stay after primary elective ankle surgery for end-stage ankle arthritis

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-39

  Pakzad, Hossein ^a,b   Thevendran, Gowreeson ^a,c   Penner, Murray J ^a,b   Qian, Hong ^a,d   Younger, Alastair ^a,b  

^a Mount Saint Joseph Hospital   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS GRADE; ANKLE ARTHRITIS; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ANKLE ARTHROPLASTY; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; END STAGE ANKLE ARTHRITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX; SHORT FORM 36; SHORT FORM 36 MENTAL COMPONENT SUMMARY SCORE; SHORT FORM 36 PHYSICAL COMPONENT SUMMARY SCORE; SURGICAL RISK; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANKLE; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; ECONOMICS; METHODOLOGY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRODESIS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, ANKLE; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84894330533     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.K.00834     Document Type: Review

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