Alison K. Klika

TL;DR: An easily administered tool to preoperatively predict patient discharge disposition after total joint arthroplasty in the United States is developed, named the Predicting Location after Arthro Plasty Nomogram.

TL;DR: Using commonly obtained preoperative variables, the nomogram can be used to predict the probability of infection-free survival at 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 years.

TL;DR: The increase in allogenic blood transfusion among total hip arthroplasty patients is concerning considering the associated increase in surgical complications and adverse events.

TL;DR: Psychiatric comorbidity incidence, in-hospital adverse events, discharge disposition, and mortality were assessed for THA or TKA patients between 1990 and 2007 using the US National Hospital Discharge Survey.

TL;DR: Chronic suppression with oral antibiotics increased the infection-free prosthetic survival rate following surgical treatment for periprosthetic joint infection and patients who underwent irrigation and debridement with polyethylene exchange and those who had a Staphylococcus aureus infection had the greatest benefit.