Data from a study published in the April 19 issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery suggest that ambulatory total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) may be a viable and safe practice model for appropriate patients. 

The authors reviewed information from a national insurance database on 706 patients who underwent ambulatory TSA and 4,459 patients who underwent inpatient TSA. They found no significant difference across cohorts in complication rate or readmission rate. In addition, the authors found that patients in the ambulatory group had significantly lower costs compared with matched controls. Learn more...