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Table 4 Location of patients following knee arthroplasty

From: How efficient is patient discharge following lower limb arthroplasty?

  

Day 3 post-op

Day 5 post-op

Day 8 post-op

Day 15 post-op

Procedure

UKR

Patients discharged

7/66 (11%)

33/66 (50%)

59/66 (89%)

65/66 (98%)

Inpatients POMS >0

17/66 (26%)

7/66 (11%)

3/66 (5%)

1/66 (2%)

Inpatients POMS = 0

42/66 (63%)

26/66 (39%)

4/66 (6%)

0/66 (0%)

TKR

Patients discharged

0/226 (0%)

22/226 (10%)

145/226 (64%)

211/226 (93%)

Inpatients POMS >0

114/226 (50%)

90/226 (40%)

38/226 (17%)

7/22 (3%)

Inpatients POMS = 0

112/226 (50%)

114/226 (50%)

43/226 (19%)

8/226 (4%)

Revision TKR

Patients discharged

0/8 (0%)

1/8 (13%)

1/8 (13%)

6/8 (75%)

Inpatients POMS >0

6/8 (75%)

4/8 (50%)

5/8 (62%)

1/8 (12.5%)

Inpatients POMS = 0

2/8 (25%)

3/8 (37%)

2/8 (25%)

1/8 (12.5%)

TOTAL

Patients discharged

7/300 (2%)

56/300 (19%)

205/300 (68%)

282/300 (94%)

Inpatients POMS >0

137/300 (46%)

101/300 (34%)

46/300 (15%)

9/300 (3%)

Inpatients POMS = 0

156/300 (52%)

143/300 (47%)

49/300 (17%)

9/300 (3%)