1. Comparison of Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Cohorts and Short-Term Outcomes From a Single-Center Joint Registry
- Author
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Jeffery A. Geller, Jung Keun Choi, Wenbao Wang, Richard S. Yoon, and William Macaulay
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Male ,musculoskeletal diseases ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Time Factors ,Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Single Center ,Osteoarthritis, Hip ,Cohort Studies ,Outcome Assessment, Health Care ,medicine ,Humans ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,Prospective Studies ,Registries ,Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee ,Prospective cohort study ,Aged ,Hip surgery ,business.industry ,Confounding ,Middle Aged ,Osteoarthritis, Knee ,musculoskeletal system ,Health Surveys ,Arthroplasty ,Treatment Outcome ,surgical procedures, operative ,Inclusion and exclusion criteria ,Physical therapy ,Female ,business ,Body mass index ,Follow-Up Studies ,Cohort study - Abstract
The purpose of this study was to compare short-term clinical outcomes between total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patient cohorts, adjusting for confounding variables including age, sex, body mass index, operative time, length of stay, and preoperative Western Ontario and McMaster Universities and 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey. A total of 349 patients who met inclusion and exclusion criteria created 2 cohorts: THA, 194, and TKA, 155, for statistical analysis via multiple regression and analysis of covariance measures. Outcome measures included Western Ontario and McMaster Universities and 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey data, collected prospectively at baseline and 2 years of follow-up. The current study showed that baseline characteristics of TKA patients have more factors with negative effect on postoperative outcome than THA. However, despite controlling for the possible confounding effect of these variables, THA patients experienced a significantly better functional outcome than TKA patients.
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- 2012