Perspectives of orthopaedic surgeons on patients' appropriateness for total joint arthroplasty: a qualitative study.

Lucy FrankelClaudia SanmartinGillian A HawkerCarolyn De CosterMichael DunbarEric BohmTom Noseworthy

Published in: Journal of evaluation in clinical practice (2015)

Surgeons recognized the need for a tool to support decision making for TJA, particularly in the context of increasing surgical demand in younger patients with less severe arthritis. The work to develop and test such a decision-support tool is underway.

Keyphrases

decision making
end stage renal disease
quality improvement
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
rheumatoid arthritis
prognostic factors
early onset
patient reported outcomes
patient reported