Consensus statement from the consensus conference on bilateral total knee arthroplasty group.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Controversy exists regarding many aspects of decision making pertaining to same-day versus staged bilateral TKA (BTKAs), including patient selection, perioperative management decisions, and other important choices.

Questions/purposes

In the absence of suitable randomized trials, we sought to determine areas of consensus among national experts on the following questions: (1) What are the comparative risks of same-day BTKAs compared with unilateral TKA (UTKA) and staged BTKAs? (2) Who should be considered an appropriate candidate for same-day BTKAs? (3) What constitutes appropriate workup and perioperative management for BTKAs? (4) What is the optimal time between procedures if same-day BTKAs are not deemed appropriate? (5) Are there orthopaedic or rehabilitation co

SUBMITTER: Memtsoudis SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3705037 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature