Authors’ Disclosure Statement: The authors report no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this article.
Dr. Best is a Resident Physician, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Buller is a Clinical fellow, Adult Reconstruction and Joint Replacement Division, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York. Dr. Quinnan is Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedics, Trauma Surgery, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida.
Address correspondence to: Leonard T. Buller, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th street, New York, NY 10021 (tel, 216-780-6534; email, bullerl@hss.edu).
Matthew J. Best, MD Leonard T. Buller, MD Stephen M. Quinnan, MD . Analysis of Incidence and Outcome Predictors for Patients Admitted to US Hospitals with Acetabular Fractures from 1990 to 2010. Am J Orthop.
September 27, 2018
TAKE-HOME POINTS
The population-adjusted incidence of acetabular fractures increased between 1990 and 2010. Mortality associated with acetabular fractures decreased from 5.9% to 0.4% between 1990 and 2010.
The proportion of patients treated with ORIF increased from 12.6% to 20.4% between 1990 and 2010.
The average in-patient hospital length of stay following acetabular fracture decreased from 17.0 to 10.4 days between 1990 and 2010.
ORIF is associated with the lowest odds of mortality following acetabular fracture.
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ABSTRACT
The incidence of acetabular fractures and associated in-hospital complication rates in the United States are poorly defined. Studies evaluating predictors of outcome for isolated acetabular fractures are weakly generalizable due to small sample sizes or the inclusion of all types of pelvic fractures. This study sought to analyze trends in acetabular fractures and associated complications in the US using the largest and most recent national dataset available.
The National Hospital Discharge Survey was queried to identify all patients admitted to US hospitals with acetabular fractures between 1990 and 2010. A representative cohort of 497,389 patients was identified, and multivariable logistic regression was used to identify independent predictors of mortality, adverse events, requirement of blood transfusion, and operative treatment with open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF).
Between 1990 and 2010, the population-adjusted incidence of acetabular fractures increased from 7.8 to 9.5/100,000 capita (P < .001). Mortality declined from 5.9% to 0.4% (P < .001), paralleling an increase in the proportion of patients treated with ORIF (12.6%-20.4%, P < .001), which was the variable associated with the lowest odds of mortality. Surgical intervention was associated with higher odds of adverse events and a requirement for blood transfusion. The average in-hospital length of stay decreased from 17.0 days to 10.3 days (P < .001).
This study provides the largest and most comprehensive epidemiologic analysis of acetabular fractures in the US. Knowledge of the increasing incidence of acetabular fractures and prognostic factors associated with poor outcomes may improve outcomes.
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