Background Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a proven and cost-effective treatment for
osteoarthritis. Despite the good to excellent long-term results, some patients remain …

Objective. To identify pre-operative predictors of patient-reported outcomes of primary total
knee replacement (TKR) surgery. Methods. The Elective Orthopaedic Centre database is a …

To develop and validate a clinical prediction model of patient-reported pain and function
after undergoing total knee replacement (TKR). We used data of 1,649 patients from the …

Purpose Studies have shown that up to 25% of TKA patients are dissatisfied with the
implanted knee, even if registry data shows ten-year revision rates below 5%. It has been …

Despite substantial advances in primary TKA, numerous studies using historic TKA implants
suggest only 82% to 89% of primary TKA patients are satisfied. We reexamined this issue to …

Purpose We hypothesise that patients with a worse post‐operative generic physical health,
and those with a subclinical improvement, will have a greater rate of dissatisfaction with their …

OBJECTIVE: To prospectively describe self-reported outcomes up to 5 years after total knee
replacement (TKR) in Osteoarthritis (OA) and to study which patient-relevant factors may …

Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are increasingly being used to assess
functional outcome and patient satisfaction. They provide a framework for comparisons …

Following arthroplasty of the knee, the patient's perception of improvement in symptoms is
fundamental to the assessment of outcome. Better clinical outcome may offset the inferior …

When assessing the health status of patients after orthopaedic surgery, such as knee
arthroplasty, general health and disease-specific questionnaires are gaining in popularity …