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Post-operative medical and surgical complications after primary total joint arthroplasty in solid organ transplant recipients: a case series

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Purpose

In a series of solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients who underwent a subsequent primary total joint arthroplasty (TJA) procedure, this study aimed to determine: (1) 90-day morbidity and mortality after primary total knee or hip arthroplasty (TKA and THA), (2) overall post-operative infection rates, and (3) how complication and infection rates compared across primary TJA procedure and type of transplant organ.

Methods

The University of Michigan Health System database was retrospectively searched using current procedural terminology codes for any primary TKA or THA performed at the institution in years 2000–2012 in a patient who previously received a successful SOT at any hospital.

Results

The search yielded 44 arthroplasties performed in 29 SOT recipients (average age 54.8 years, average follow-up about 30 months for both groups). No deaths were reported, but 13/27 (48.1%) THA patients and 2/6 (33.3%) TKA patients experienced a total of 29 complications within 90 days of surgery. One patient (3.7%) [1/27 patients, 1/37 joints] underwent revision hip arthroplasty to correct limb length. One THA patient and two TKA patients developed infection requiring revision surgery (3.7% and 33%, respectively). Type of transplant did not affect complication rates (P=0.65), and infection was more common after TKA (P=0.01).

Conclusions

A series of SOT recipients demonstrated increased rates of infection and other complications following TJA. Surgical and medical teams should work closely to optimize this population for TJA surgery and minimize peri-operative complications.

Level of evidence & study design

Level IV, Prognostic Case-Series.

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    Andrew C. Palmisano, Andrew W. Kuhn, Andrew G. Urquhart & Aidin Eslam Pour

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Palmisano, A.C., Kuhn, A.W., Urquhart, A.G. et al. Post-operative medical and surgical complications after primary total joint arthroplasty in solid organ transplant recipients: a case series. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) 41, 13–19 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-016-3265-5

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