Open AccessExamining Timeliness of Total Knee Replacement Among Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis in the U.S.
Author(s) -
Hassan Ghomrawi,
Alvin I. Mushlin,
Raymond Kang,
Samprit Banerjee,
Jasvinder A Singh,
Leena Sharma,
Carl Flink,
Michael C. Nevitt,
Tuhieogi,
Daniel L. Riddle
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of bone and joint surgery. american volume/the journal of bone and joint surgery. american volume
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.634
H-Index - 260
eISSN - 1058-2436
pISSN - 0021-9355
DOI - 10.2106/jbjs.19.00432
Subject(s) - osteoarthritis , medicine , total knee replacement , knee replacement , physical therapy , cohort , joint replacement , cohort study , inclusion and exclusion criteria , arthroplasty , surgery , alternative medicine , pathology
Patients with knee osteoarthritis may undergo total knee replacement too early or may delay or underuse this procedure. We quantified these categories of total knee replacement utilization in 2 cohorts of participants with knee osteoarthritis and investigated factors associated with each category.