TOTAL knee replacementLENGTH of stay in hospitalsVENOUS thrombosisRANGE of motion of jointsMEDICAL ethics committeesBACKGROUND: Whether nighttime surgery will affect the safety and prognosis of patients has been controversial. OBJECTIVE: To compare the safety and prognosis of daytime...
Total knee replacement surgery may be considered for patients with advanced knee osteoarthritis on x-ray and persistent symptoms despite 6 months of behavioral and medical treatments. Although many patients have substantially decreased pain in the first 12 months after total knee replacement, 10% to ...
Up to 20% of patients experience long-term pain and dissatisfaction after total knee replacement, with a negative impact on their quality of life. New approaches are needed to reduce the proportion of people to go on to experience chronic post-surgical p
Pre-operative pain is a strong predictor of pain after knee surgery [7,8,9]. A recent systematic review and meta-analysis demonstrated that presence of pre-operative pain predicts post-operative pain and that pre-operative pain was one of the most studied predictors of pain after surgery [10...
Patients’ psychological health may influence recovery and functional outcomes after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Pain catastrophizing, known to be associated with poor function following TKA, encompasses rumination, magnification, and helplessness tha
The predictive patterns differed somewhat across measures of pain reporting; depressive symptoms were unique predictors of greater global pain complaints, while catastrophizing was a specific and unique predictor of elevated nighttime pain. While surgical outcomes following total knee replacement are, on ...
The predictive patterns differed somewhat across measures of pain reporting; depressive symptoms were unique predictors of greater global pain complaints, while catastrophizing was a specific and unique predictor of elevated nighttime pain. While surgical outcomes following total knee replacement are, on ...