Perioperative Complication Rates in Pediatric Total Joint Arthroplasty Patients Compared With Adults: Results of a Matched Cohort Study

摘要

Background: One of the least studied areas in orthopaedics is total joint arthroplasty (TJA) in pediatric patients. Recent studies have confirmed that these procedures are being performed on pediatric patients, making it critical to understand the rates of surgical complications in this patient population. We sought to examine the frequency in which surgical complications occur in pediatric patients, aged 20 and younger, undergoing TJA compared with adults.