Indication for total knee arthroplasty based on preoperative functional score: Are we operating earlier?

Peter DustJan KruijtNikolaos A StavropoulosOlga HukDavid ZukorJohn AntoniouStephane G Bergeron

Published in: Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie (2023)

Patients are undergoing TKA with a level of preoperative function similar to their level of function in the past. Patient age, sex and location did not influence the functional status at which patients were considered to be candidates for surgery.

Keyphrases

total knee arthroplasty
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
minimally invasive
coronary artery disease
acute coronary syndrome
coronary artery bypass
percutaneous coronary intervention