Publications by authors named "Steven B Graefe"
Article Synopsis
- This study investigates the postoperative outcomes of patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA) compared to those without PTSD (NPTSD).
- It shows that PTSD patients had a higher rate of emergency department visits within 14 days and 1 month post-surgery, and they also received more prescriptions, particularly opioids, although the number of opioid prescriptions was similar between both groups.
- Despite the differences in health care utilization and complications within the first month, the rates of revision hip arthroplasty within 2 years were comparable between PTSD and NPTSD patients.
Purpose: To compare adverse events, postoperative opioid-prescribing patterns, health care use, and secondary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) surgery rates of patients undergoing primary ACLR with a preoperative antidepressant prescription (ADP) against a propensity-matched group with no preoperative antidepressant prescription (NADP) using the TriNetX Diamond Network.
Methods: Patients undergoing primary ACLR between ages 18 and 35 years of age were queried from the database using International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision/Current Procedural Terminology codes. Patients with an ADP were propensity matched in a 1:1 ratio to patients with NADP based on 11 patient characteristics.