Mohamd Tawatha

Elective primary total hip arthroplasty in rheumatoid arthritis versus osteoarthritis: in-hospital outcomes from the national inpatient sample, 2016–2021

Abstract Background Whether coded rheumatoid arthritis (RA) among patients undergoing elective total hip arthroplasty (THA) is associated with excess short-term inpatient morbidity in contemporary U.S. practice remains uncertain. Methods We performed a retrospective cohort study...