Best timing of bilateral knee arthroplasty- an analysis of revision and mortality rates from the German Arthroplasty Registry (EPRD).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The burden of osteoarthritis (OA) in multiple joints is high. For patients with bilateral knee OA there is no clear recommendation when to time the second surgery. The purpose of this study was therefore to compare revision and mortality rate in bilateral unicondylar and bicondylar knee arthroplasties after different strategies of surgical timing in bilateral knee OA from the German Arthroplasty Registry (EPRD).

Methods

Data from the German Arthroplasty Registry (EPRD) was used. Since 2012 a total of 15,154 patients had bilateral knee arthroplasty within one year. Patellofemoral arthroplasties and constraint total knee arthroplasties (TKA) were excluded. 1,144 TKA and 682 unicondylar arthroplasties (UKA) were simultaneously performed, 772 TKA and 292 UKA between 1

SUBMITTER: Postler AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11956241 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature