Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus 'increases hip replacement risks'

Patients with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus are at a higher risk of developing complications following total hip replacement surgery, a new study shows.

Research published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery has found that there are significantly higher odds of mortality and length of stay following a procedure of this type.

Information from a total of one million patients who underwent a joint replacement operation since 1988 was studied in the survey and details on systematic and surgical complications, mortality and hospital course alterations were assessed.

Those with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus were at a higher risk of experiencing strokes, urinary tract infections, ileus, postoperative haemorrhage, transfusion, wound infections and death.

"All patients with diabetes had significantly increased inflation-adjusted postoperative charges when compared with non-diabetic patients," the authors conclude.

Recent research in Hip International has found that using a 32mm head and posterior capsule repair in hip replacement operations could reduce the risk of patients experiencing dislocation.

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