Patient attitudes towards day-case hip and knee arthroplasty.
Caroline H HalkenChristian Bredgaard JensenCecilie HenkelKirill GromovAnders TroelsenPublished in: The bone & joint journal (2024)
From 2016 to 2022, 58.3% of hip and knee arthroplasty patients expressed uncertainty or no interest in day-case surgery. In connection with current initiatives to increase the number of day-case arthroplasty procedures, there should be a focus on informing patients to address the prevalent negative or uncertain attitude. Further research is needed to investigate what preoperative information patients consider crucial in their decision-making process regarding day-case surgery.