Increased complications rates and inferior patient reported outcomes following total knee arthroplasty due to post-traumatic osteoarthritis with previous fracture treatment: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aims to present the existing literature relating to patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and complications in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) due to posttraumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) with prior fracture treatment around the knee compared with patients who underwent TKA because of primary osteoarthritis (OA).

Methods

A systematic review was undertaken and synthesised in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines by searching existing literature in the following databases: PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane Library and EMBASE. A search string according to the PECO was used. After analysing 2781 studies, 18 studies (5729 PTOA patients/149,843 OA patients) were included for a final review. An analysis revealed that 12 (67%) were retrospective cohort

SUBMITTER: Syrikas I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10471648 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature