MD/MPH. Hospitalist @UCSF. Disparities & Health Equity. Not Zeus, but father of Apollo. MN sports by birth not choice. (obviously my views)
Sep 2, 2022 • 23 tweets • 5 min read
1/ FRESH OFF THE PRESS: we looked at language barriers and postoperative opioid prescription use after total knee arthroplasty in @ERCSPjournal and found lower fill rates for pts with limited English proficiency tinyurl.com/tka2022. See thread🧵 below...
2/ Total knee arthroplasty is a common surgery to address advanced osteoarthritis. Racial minorities are less likely to undergo TKA and have higher complication/readmission rates