Why the study?
Does preoperative comorbidity correlate with perioperative and postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty?
Population
106 patients treated consecutively with total knee arthroplasty
Design
Cohort
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Preoperative morbidity may inform TKA risk counseling; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective confirmation before practice change.
Does preoperative comorbidity correlate with perioperative and postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty?
Preoperative medical and musculoskeletal morbidity significantly influence length of stay, costs, and clinical outcomes following total knee arthroplasty, highlighting the need to account for these factors when comparing surgical results.
Wasielewski et al. (1998) studied this question.
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