Predisposing factors for the outcome after revision total knee arthroplasty: a prospective cohort study.
Dullaert Lina, Van de Cotte Alexander, 2023
Social outreach A knee prosthesis is a surgical procedure in which the arthritic knee is replaced by an artificial knee joint. The primary reason for replacing this knee joint is primary knee arthritis. Patients with an arthritic knee experience significant pain, affecting their quality of life and daily functioning. The goal of a knee prosthesis is to restore normal knee function and alleviate pain, enabling patients to participate in daily activities and improve their quality of life. After 15 years, survival of knee prostheses is around 90%. Due to this limited survival and the increasing amount of knee prostheses, revision surgery will increase. This surgical procedure is much more complex and tends to yield less favourable results than the initial knee replacement. The main purpose of our study is to evaluate the outcome three months after revision knee prosthesis surgery and secondary to determine factors that affect this outcome. Societal impact In the future, such research should enable doctors and other healthcare providers to offer patients more accurate expectations and stress the need for a specific indication before undergoing a revision knee prosthesis procedure. This, in turn, will help mitigate potential dissatisfaction with their postoperative function. This study represents the initial stage in identifying these influential factors in the short term.
Promotor | Jan Victor |
Opleiding | Geneeskunde |
Domein | Chirurgie |