A Kaiser Permanente study, published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, has found that patients with diabetes who undergo total knee replacement surgery do not have an increased risk of surgical complications as compared to patients without diabetes.
Researchers studied the electronic health records of more than 40,000 patients who had first-time knee replacement surgery from Jan. 1, 2001 until Dec. 31, 2009. Of the patients studied, 12.5 percent had controlled diabetes, 6.2 percent had uncontrolled diabetes and 81.3 percent did not have diabetes.
According to the study, patients who had controlled or uncontrolled diabetes and underwent total knee replacement surgery did not have an increased risk of complications, such as follow-up surgery, deep infection or blood clots as compared to patients who were not diabetic.
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Researchers studied the electronic health records of more than 40,000 patients who had first-time knee replacement surgery from Jan. 1, 2001 until Dec. 31, 2009. Of the patients studied, 12.5 percent had controlled diabetes, 6.2 percent had uncontrolled diabetes and 81.3 percent did not have diabetes.
According to the study, patients who had controlled or uncontrolled diabetes and underwent total knee replacement surgery did not have an increased risk of complications, such as follow-up surgery, deep infection or blood clots as compared to patients who were not diabetic.
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