Depressive disorder linked with added complications, longer in-hospital stay after RSA

CHICAGO — Patients with depressive disorder developed serious complications and experienced a higher frequency of adverse events after reverse shoulder arthroplasty for glenohumeral osteoarthritis, results of a retrospective study showed.
In research presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, here, Keith Diamond, MD, and colleagues noted patients with depressive disorder (DD) also had higher health care costs following RSA surgery than patients without this disorder, incurring significantly higher episode of care costs of $19,363 vs. $17,927 for patients

CHICAGO — Patients with depressive disorder developed serious complications and experienced a higher frequency of adverse events after reverse shoulder arthroplasty for glenohumeral osteoarthritis, results of a retrospective study showed.
In research presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, here, Keith Diamond, MD, and colleagues noted patients with depressive disorder (DD) also had higher health care costs following RSA surgery than patients without this disorder, incurring significantly higher episode of care costs of $19,363 vs. $17,927 for patients