TKA patients experience less improvement than THA patients at 3 and 12 months after surgery. A retrospective observational cohort study.
retrospective_cohort · Level III
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 33013084.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.jor.2020.09.007 and PMC identifier 7511647.
- No licence information is recorded for this record.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
To investigate whether WOMAC scores changes after THA or TKA are gender and joint specific. Retrospective cohort study. The data of 855 THA and 684 TKA patients were analyzed. Follow-up time (p < 0.001), gender (p < 0.001), joint (p < 0.001), and interaction FU by joint (p < 0.001) had significant effects on WOMAC total and sub-scores. Patients after TKA perceived less improvement in all dimensions in comparison to THA patients (p < 0.001). WOMAC score changes after THA or TKA are joint-specific. Patients after TKA perceived less improvement. These results can be used to adjust patients' expectations.