Risk Stratification in Orthopaedics

Abstract

Proper predictive tools are essential to guide patient selection, optimization, category of surgical admission (inpatient, outpatient surgery), and discharge disposition, and predict the risk of readmissions and complications after orthopaedic procedures. Therefore, identification and optimization of patients' perioperative risk for surgery is essential, and understanding these basic concepts is crucial to maximizing patient care quality. It is important to define risk, stratify the existing preoperative attributes, and review key concepts of patient-specific risk calculation and documentation.