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Table 1 Study overview and participant characteristics

From: A comparison of functional outcomes following inpatient versus outpatient hip or knee arthroplasty

Author, Year, Country

Title

Study Design

Level of Evidence*

Arthro-plasty

Participant numbers

Sex (M/F)

Age (Years)

OP

IP

OP

IP

OP

IP

Mean

Range

SD

Mean

Range

SD

Gabor, 2020, USA

Similar Outcomes After Hospital-Based Same-Day Discharge vs Inpatient Total Hip Arthroplasty

Retrospective Cohort

Level III-2

THA

415

548

202/213

196/352

 

 ≤ 59–91

  

 ≤ 59–91

 

Goyal, 2016, USA

A Multicentre, Randomized Study of Outpatient versus Inpatient Total Hip Arthroplasty

Randomised Control Trial

Level II

THA

112

108

59/53

58/50

59.8

27–74

 ± 8.5

60.2

34–74

 ± 8.9

Gauthier-Kwan, 2018, Canada

Quality of Recovery, Post-discharge Hospital Utilization, and 2-YearFunctional Outcomes After an Outpatient Total Knee Arthroplasty Program

Prospective Cohort

Level III-2

TKA

43

43

29/14

22/21

62.5

50–75

 

62.5

51–74

 

Husted, 2020, Denmark

Are functional outcomes and early pain affected by discharge on the day of surgery following total hip and knee arthroplasty?

Prospective Cohort

Level III-2

THA/TKA

92

169

53/39

80/89

60

 

 ± 11

62

 

 ± 11

Kolisek, 2009, USA

Comparison of Outpatient versus Inpatient Total Knee Arthroplasty

Prospective Cohort

Level III-2

TKA

64

64

40/24

40/24

55

42–64

 

55

42–64

 

Rosinsky, 2020, USA

Outpatient vs. inpatient hip arthroplasty: a matched case–control study on a 90-day complication rate and 2-year patient-reported outcomes

Case–Control

Level III-2

THA

91

91

53/38

49/42

53.3

29–65

 ± 7.2

55.3

36–75

 ± 6.9

Zomar, 2021, England

Perioperative gait analysis after total hip arthroplasty: Does outpatient surgery compromise patient outcomes?

Prospective Cohort

Level III-2

THA

16

20

9/7

12/8

56.8

 

 ± 7.9

64.6

 

 ± 9.0

  1. ADL—activities of daily living, ASA—American Society of Anaesthesiologists Physical Status Classification system, BMI—body mass index, DOS—day of surgery, F—Female, M—Male, IP—Inpatient, OP—Outpatient, OA—osteoarthritis, SDD—same day discharge, nSDD—Not Same-day discharge, SD—Standard Deviation, THA—total hip arthroplasty, TKA—total knee arthroplasty
  2. *Level of evidence is based on the NHMRC evidence hierarchy