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Total Knee Arthroplasty: Past Successes and Current Improvements
Author(s) -
Hohler Sharon E.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/j.aorn.2007.08.016
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , total knee arthroplasty , arthroplasty , safer , general surgery , implant , surgery , perioperative nursing , physical therapy , computer security , computer science
ABSTRACT DURING THE PAST 40 YEARS, total knee arthroplasty (TKA) procedures have improved patients' pain, functional status, and overall health‐related quality of life. IMPROVED INTRUMENTATION and implant designs enable surgeons to make precise bone resection incisions that have made this a safer and more routinely performed surgery. THIS ARTICLE REVIEWS traditional and minimally invasive approaches and best practices to help surgeons and perioperative staff members provide quality care to patients undergoing TKA. AORN J 87 (January 2008) 143‐158. © AORN, Inc, 2008.