In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic meant that proceeding with elective surgery was restricted to minimize exposure on wards. In order to maintain throughput of elective cases, our hospital (St Michaels Hospital, Toronto, Canada) was forced to convert as many cases as possible to same-day procedures rather than overnight admission. In this retrospective analysis, we review the cases performed as same-day arthroplasty surgeries compared to the same period in the previous 12 months. We conducted a retrospective analysis of patients undergoing total hip and knee arthroplasties over a three-month period between October and December in 2019, and again in 2020, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Patient demographics, number of outpatient primary arthroplasty cases, length of stay for admissions, 30-day readmission, and complications were collated.Aims
Methods
We present the ten-year data of a cohort of patients, aged between
18 and 65 years (mean age 52.7 years; 19 to 64), who underwent total
hip arthroplasty. Patients were randomised to be treated with a
cobalt-chrome (CoCr) femoral head with an ultra-high molecular weight
polyethylene (UHMWPE), highly cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) or
ceramic-on-ceramic (CoC) bearing surface. A total of 102 hips (91 patients) were randomised into the three
groups. At ten years, 97 hips were available for radiological and
functional follow-up. Two hips (two patients) had been revised (one
with deep infection and one for periprosthetic fracture) and three
were lost to follow-up. Radiological analysis was performed using
a validated digital assessment programme to give linear, directional
and volumetric wear of the two polyethylene groups.Aims
Patients and Methods
