Objective To assess the relationship between patients' expectations for total knee
arthroplasty (TKA) and satisfaction with surgical outcome. Methods This prospective cohort …

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 …

Introduction Patient's expectations are variably reported to influence self-rated outcome and
satisfaction after medical treatment; this prospective study examined which of the following …

Background: Total knee arthroplasty is an effective treatment for severe osteoarthritis of the
knee. Our aim was to determine whether patients from the United Kingdom, United States …

Background We hypothesized that patients undergoing primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA)
for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) would have different preoperative expectations compared to …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between patient
expectations for improvement following primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and patient …

This study examined the effect of patient attributes on expectations before total knee
arthroplasty (TKA). A total of 1943 patients completed an Expectations Survey before TKA …

Purpose There is a well-known difference between patients expectation, satisfaction and the
measured clinical outcome in total knee arthroplasty (TKA). It has been hypothesized that …

Methods: We included all patients in our institutional registry with a body mass index of< 40
kg/m 2 who underwent primary unilateral TKA and had a minimum 2-year follow-up …

Objective The aim of this study was to ascertain Patients' pre‐operative expectations of total
knee arthroplasty (TKA) recovery. Methods Two hundred and thirty‐six patients with knee …