30-day adverse events, length of stay and re-admissions following surgical management of pelvic/acetabular fractures.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Pelvic/acetabular fractures are associated with significant morbidity, mortality and cost to the society. We sought to utilize a national surgical database to assess the incidence and factors associated with prolonged length of stay (LOS), non-home discharge destination, 30-day adverse events and readmissions following surgical fixation of pelvic/acetabular fractures.

Materials & methods

The 2011-2016 ACS-NSQIP database files were queried using CPT codes (27215, 27217, 27218, 27226, 27227, 27228) for patients undergoing open reduction/internal fixation (ORIF) for pelvic/acetabular fractures. Patients undergoing additional procedures for associated fractures (vertebral fractures, distal radius/ulna fractures or femoral neck/hip fractures) were excluded from the a

SUBMITTER: Malik AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6739240 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature