The Journal of Arthroplasty, online 8 March 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2017.02.038
Sophia Traven, MD1, , , Alexander Chiaramonti, MD1, William Barfield, PhD1, Patricia Kirkland, BS1, Harry Demos, MD1, H. Del Schutte, MD2, Jacob Drew, MD1
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Having enough vitamin D minimizes the need for hip/knee replacement
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Background
Surgeons and hospitals increasingly face penalty for complications and readmission following total joint arthroplasty (TJA), therefore optimization of modifiable risk factors is paramount. Literature associates low vitamin D with risk of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI), and we hypothesized low vitamin D to be predictive of increased rate of complications and readmissions.
Methods
A retrospective review of 126 revision TJA patients between 2010-2014 was performed.
Results
Low vitamin D was not associated with risk of 30-day readmission, but was found to be associated with an increased risk of 90-day complications as well as PJI as the reason for revision surgery.
Conclusions
Preoperative vitamin D level should be considered a modifiable risk factor for complications following revision arthroplasty.
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