[Translated article] Are frailty scores superior to the ASA score in predicting complications, hospital stay, and readmissions in total knee replacement? A comparative study between octogenarian and septuagenarian patients

How Useful Is Preoperative Aspiration before Revision of Unicompartmental Knee Prostheses Because of Osteoarthritis in the Other Compartments?

“…The time between primary surgery and revision surgery was 81.5 ± 47.9 (4.0-197.0) months. With respect to the ASA classification scores, 3 patients were classed as ASA 1, 58 patients were ASA 2, 36 patients ASA 3, and 0 patients ASA 4 [25,26]. Regarding the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), there were 2 patients with CCI 0, 1 patient with CCI 1, 9 patients with CCI 2, 21 patients with CCI 3, 24 patients with CCI 4, 14 patients with CCI 5, 14 patient with CCI 6, 6 patients with CCI 7, 3 patients with CCI 8, 2 patients with CCI 9, and 1 patient with CCI 10 [26,27].…”

Effect of Multiantibiotic-Loaded Bone Cement on the Treatment of Periprosthetic Joint Infections of Hip and Knee Arthroplasties—A Single-Center Retrospective Study

“…The time between primary surgery to revision with prosthesis explantation and cement spacer implantation was 91.7 ± 87.7 (2–500) months. With respect to the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification scores, 12 patients (3.5%) were classed as ASA 1, 155 patients (44.9%) were ASA 2, 169 patients (49.0%) were ASA 3, and 9 patients (2.6%) were ASA 4 [ 46 , 47 ]. Regarding the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), there were 78 patients (22.6%) with CCI 0, 49 patients (14.2%) with CCI 1, 46 patients (13.3%) with CCI 2, 47 patients with CCI 3 (13.6%), 50 patients (14.5%) with CCI 4, 36 patients (10.4%) with CCI 5, 24 patients (7.0%) with CCI 6, 8 patients (2.3%) with CCI 7, 3 patients (0.9%) with CCI 8, 2 patients (0.6%) with CCI 9, 1 patient (0.3%) with CCI 10, and 1 patient (0.3%) with CCI 11 [ 46 , 48 ].…”