Total knee arthroplasty reduces the risk of mortality in osteoarthritis patients up to 12 years: A Korean national cohort longitudinal follow-up study.
Hyo Geun ChoiBong Cheol KwonJoong Il KimJoon Kyu LeePublished in: Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong) (2020)
The mortality rate in the TKA group was significantly lower than in the control group up to 12 years after the surgery in Korea. Among the major causes of death, circulatory disease and neoplasm showed a significant reduction in the mortality rate of the TKA group compared with the control group.
Keyphrases
- total knee arthroplasty
- cardiovascular events
- end stage renal disease
- total hip
- risk factors
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- minimally invasive
- chronic kidney disease
- rheumatoid arthritis
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- type diabetes
- coronary artery disease
- coronary artery bypass
- cardiovascular disease
- cross sectional
- acute coronary syndrome
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- percutaneous coronary intervention