Preoperative Expectations Associated With Postoperative Dissatisfaction After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Unfulfilled expectations, assessed postoperatively, have been consistently associated with dissatisfaction after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). However, identifying these expectations preoperatively has been a challenge. We aimed at identifying specific expectations that are most likely to affect postoperative dissatisfaction.

Methods

We included all patients in our institutional registry with a body mass index of <40 kg/m who underwent primary unilateral TKA and had a minimum 2-year follow-up. Preoperatively, patients completed the 19-item Hospital for Special Surgery Expectations Survey, Short Form-12, Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcomes Score and EuroQol 5-D. Two years postoperatively, patients reported their dissatisfaction on five domains. We estimated

SUBMITTER: Ghomrawi HMK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8362614 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature