Background To capture various social determinants of health, recent analyses have used
comprehensive measures of socioeconomic disadvantage such as deprivation and …

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a successful and highly effective procedure in most patients
with tricompartmental knee arthritis. Despite the innovations in surgical techniques due to …

Background Previous studies have evaluated patient dissatisfaction after total knee
arthroplasty (TKA) at 1 year, but there is no data about the prevalence of dissatisfaction …

Background and purpose—Up to 20% of patients are dissatisfied after total knee
arthroplasty (TKA), mainly because of pain and restricted physical function. We developed a …

Background Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is the most common joint replacement surgery in
Canada. Earlier Canadian work reported 1 in 5 TKA patients expressing dissatisfaction …

Background The relationship between patient expectations, patient-reported outcomes
(PROs), and satisfaction in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients is not well understood …

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

Background The relationship between patient expectations and patient-reported outcomes
(PROs) in total hip arthroplasty (THA) patients is controversial. The purpose of this study was …

Background: Patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty expect pain relief, functional
improvement, and a return to physical activity. The objective of this study was to determine …

The influence of sex on preoperative expectations and their fulfillment following total hip and
knee arthroplasty (THA/TKA) remains unexplored. We investigated differences between men …