Does preoperative mental health affect length of hospital stay and functional outcomes following arthroplasty surgery? A registry-based cohort study

Aim: It has been reported in the literature that patients with poor preoperative mental health are more likely to have worse functional outcomes following primary total hip and knee arthroplasty. We could find no studies investigating whether preoperative mental health also affects length of hospita...

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Main Authors: Neal Singleton, Vaughan Poutawera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-07-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2309499017718902