Decision-making factors and their thresholds for total knee arthroplasty in lateral tibiofemoral osteoarthritis patients: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There has been no study examining lateral tibiofemoral (TF) osteoarthritis (OA) and objective decision-making factors affecting when patients decide to have total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The purpose of this study was to assess which factors and their thresholds cause patients with lateral TF OA to decide on TKA.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study and identified patients who had initially been diagnosed with isolated lateral TF OA from October 2004 to February 2021. We finally included 56 patients; patients who had chosen conservative treatment followed by in-depth interviews for the deliberation stage (n = 32), and the other patients who decided to undergo TKA for the decision-making stage (n = 24). Demographic, clinical, and radiographic character

SUBMITTER: Choi BS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9590191 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature