Time Required for Planned and Unplanned Episodes of Care in Septic Two-Stage Revision Hip and Knee Arthroplasty

• Published in: The Journal of arthroplasty Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 616 - 623
• Main Authors: Hulsman, Luci A., Ziemba-Davis, Mary, Hicks, Shelly A., Meneghini, R. Michael, Buller, Leonard T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.04.2022
• Subjects: access to care; Aged; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; Episode of Care; Humans; Medicare; Medicare reimbursement; Reoperation; Retrospective Studies; surgeon work; two-stage revision total hip arthroplasty; two-stage revision total knee arthroplasty; United States; United States; Medicare reimbursement; access to care; two-stage revision total hip arthroplasty; surgeon work; two-stage revision total knee arthroplasty

Septic revision total hip (rTHA) and knee (rTKA) arthroplasty requires more effort but is reimbursed less than primary procedures per minute of intraoperative time. This study quantified planned and unplanned work performed by the surgical team for septic 2-stage revision surgeries during the entire...