Quick Transition to One Day Length of Stay after Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Using a Digital Follow-Up Tool during COVID-19: A Retrospective Comparative Study
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for efficient use of hospital infrastructure. The hypothesis was that a rapid shift to outpatient surgery after hip or knee arthroplasty could be implemented without compromising quality of care. The aim of this study was to assess the safety, pain manageme...
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| author | Philippe Van Overschelde Wouter Van Lysebettens Julien Lebleu Andries Pauwels Sebastien Parratte |
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| description | The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for efficient use of hospital infrastructure. The hypothesis was that a rapid shift to outpatient surgery after hip or knee arthroplasty could be implemented without compromising quality of care. The aim of this study was to assess the safety, pain management and patient-reported outcomes before and after the implementation of an accelerated discharge program using a digital follow-up tool. A retrospective cohort design was used to compare 97 patients who received primary total hip or knee arthroplasty during the pandemic (early discharge) to comparable 194 pre-pandemic patients (normal discharge). Both cohorts had the same inclusion criteria and were closely monitored using the digital follow-up tool. The accelerated discharge program reduced length of stay from a median of 3 days (before the pandemic) to a median of 1 day (during the pandemic) (<i>p</i> < 0.001). The complication rate of 2% was the same for both groups (<i>p</i> > 0.05). Patient-reported outcomes for matched samples of hip (n = 100) and knee (n = 82) arthroplasty patients were similar before, at 6 weeks and 3 months after surgery for both groups (<i>p</i> > 0.05). There were no differences in pain and medication consumption for the first 6 weeks (<i>p</i> > 0.05). This study demonstrates that reducing length of stay from three to one night after total knee or hip arthroplasty, with the help of a digital follow-up tool, results in a stable rate of complications, readmission, and comparable clinical outcomes, while reducing the socio-economic burden on the health system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-08251f1645ed45c2ad94e871b98dbd182023-11-19T10:56:02ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322023-09-011118251610.3390/healthcare11182516Quick Transition to One Day Length of Stay after Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Using a Digital Follow-Up Tool during COVID-19: A Retrospective Comparative StudyPhilippe Van Overschelde0Wouter Van Lysebettens1Julien Lebleu2Andries Pauwels3Sebastien Parratte4Hip and Knee Unit, 9830 Ghent, BelgiumHip and Knee Unit, 9830 Ghent, BelgiummoveUP, Cantersteen 47, 1000 Brussels, BelgiummoveUP, Cantersteen 47, 1000 Brussels, BelgiumInternational Knee and Joint Centre, Abu Dhabi 46705, United Arab EmiratesThe COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for efficient use of hospital infrastructure. The hypothesis was that a rapid shift to outpatient surgery after hip or knee arthroplasty could be implemented without compromising quality of care. The aim of this study was to assess the safety, pain management and patient-reported outcomes before and after the implementation of an accelerated discharge program using a digital follow-up tool. A retrospective cohort design was used to compare 97 patients who received primary total hip or knee arthroplasty during the pandemic (early discharge) to comparable 194 pre-pandemic patients (normal discharge). Both cohorts had the same inclusion criteria and were closely monitored using the digital follow-up tool. The accelerated discharge program reduced length of stay from a median of 3 days (before the pandemic) to a median of 1 day (during the pandemic) (<i>p</i> < 0.001). The complication rate of 2% was the same for both groups (<i>p</i> > 0.05). Patient-reported outcomes for matched samples of hip (n = 100) and knee (n = 82) arthroplasty patients were similar before, at 6 weeks and 3 months after surgery for both groups (<i>p</i> > 0.05). There were no differences in pain and medication consumption for the first 6 weeks (<i>p</i> > 0.05). This study demonstrates that reducing length of stay from three to one night after total knee or hip arthroplasty, with the help of a digital follow-up tool, results in a stable rate of complications, readmission, and comparable clinical outcomes, while reducing the socio-economic burden on the health system.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/18/2516telerehabilitationCOVID-19arthroplastyoutpatient surgery |
| spellingShingle | Philippe Van Overschelde Wouter Van Lysebettens Julien Lebleu Andries Pauwels Sebastien Parratte Quick Transition to One Day Length of Stay after Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Using a Digital Follow-Up Tool during COVID-19: A Retrospective Comparative Study Healthcare telerehabilitation COVID-19 arthroplasty outpatient surgery |
| title | Quick Transition to One Day Length of Stay after Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Using a Digital Follow-Up Tool during COVID-19: A Retrospective Comparative Study |
| title_full | Quick Transition to One Day Length of Stay after Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Using a Digital Follow-Up Tool during COVID-19: A Retrospective Comparative Study |
| title_fullStr | Quick Transition to One Day Length of Stay after Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Using a Digital Follow-Up Tool during COVID-19: A Retrospective Comparative Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quick Transition to One Day Length of Stay after Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Using a Digital Follow-Up Tool during COVID-19: A Retrospective Comparative Study |
| title_short | Quick Transition to One Day Length of Stay after Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Using a Digital Follow-Up Tool during COVID-19: A Retrospective Comparative Study |
| title_sort | quick transition to one day length of stay after hip and knee arthroplasty using a digital follow up tool during covid 19 a retrospective comparative study |
| topic | telerehabilitation COVID-19 arthroplasty outpatient surgery |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/18/2516 |
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