Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8945523 | The Journal of Arthroplasty | 2018 | 30 Pages |
Abstract
Specific risk factors were associated with short-term complications in safety net arthroplasty patients. Despite having completed a preoperative sobriety pathway, substance abuse patients had more complications than did others. However, substance abuse alone was not an independent risk factor for adverse surgical outcomes. Other factors, notably HCV and HIV infection that were more common in patients with substance abuse, were most closely associated with adverse outcomes.
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Authors
Harry E. MD, Zachary P. MD, Jay A. AB, Toure T. BS, Hao-Hua MD, Paul H. MD,