The first 6 weeks of recovery after total knee arthroplasty with fast track.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

During the last decade, many hospitals have implemented fast-track protocols for total knee arthroplasty (TKA). These protocols reduce the length of hospital stay, but there is no literature on the first period after hospital discharge. We determined how patients experienced the first 6 weeks after hospital discharge after fast-track TKA surgery.

Patients and methods

34 consecutive patients who had TKA surgery with fast track received a diary for 6 weeks, which contained various international validated questionnaires. In addition, general questions regarding pain, the wound, physiotherapy, and thrombosis prophylaxis injections were posed.

Results

4 of the 34 patients were excluded during the study. Of the remaining 30 patients, 28 were positive

SUBMITTER: Van Egmond JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4750771 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature