Patient-reported outcomes after total and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: a study of 14,076 matched patients from the National Joint Registry for England and Wales.

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Whether to use total or unicompartmental knee replacement (TKA/UKA) for end-stage knee osteoarthritis remains controversial. Although UKA results in a faster recovery, lower rates of morbidity and mortality and fewer complications, the long-term revision rate is substantially higher than that for TKA. The effect of each intervention on patient-reported outcome remains unclear. The aim of this study was to determine whether six-month patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are better in pati...

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Authors: Liddle, A; Pandit, H; Judge, A; Murray, D

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery
• Journal: Bone and Joint Journal
• Volume: 97-B
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 793-801
• Publication date: 2015-06-01
• Acceptance date: 2015-01-16
• DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.97b6.35155
• EISSN: 2049-4408
• ISSN: 2049-4394
• Language: English
• Keywords: Humans; Quality of Life; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; Treatment Outcome; Middle Aged; Aged; Female; Propensity Score; Male; Registries; England; Patient Satisfaction; Osteoarthritis, Knee; Wales