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Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 10/2021

Open Access 01-10-2021 | KNEE

Higher treatment effect after total knee arthroplasty is associated with higher patient satisfaction

Authors: Jörg Lützner, Franziska Beyer, Klaus-Peter Günther, Jörg Huber

Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy | Issue 10/2021

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Abstract

Purpose

The aim of this study was to investigate what influence the treatment effect after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) had on patient satisfaction.

Methods

Prospective registry data of a University-based arthroplasty centre were used. 582 patients with unilateral bicondylar TKA were analyzed. Treatment effect (TE) was deduced from Oxford Knee Score (OKS) before and one year after surgery. Positive values correspond to improved symptoms (maximum 1.0 reflect no symptoms at all) and negative values correspond to deterioration of symptoms. Satisfaction on a visual-analogue scale from 0 to 10 and the willingness to undergo TKA surgery again was assessed one year after surgery.

Results

The mean OKS improved from 22.1 before to 36.7 one year after TKA. Treatment effects ranged from 1.0 to –0.62 with a mean TE of 0.56. Taking an individual treatment effect of 0.2 as a cut-off between responder and non-responder, a total of 85.8% would be classified as responder after TKA. The mean satisfaction score with the TKA was 8.1. There was a significant correlation between the individual treatment effect and satisfaction after TKA (p < 0.001). The majority of patients (84.5%) would undergo surgery again. Patients not willing to undergo surgery again or those uncertain about this had lower satisfaction scores, a lower treatment effect and were more often female compared to patients who would undergo surgery again.

Conclusion

Higher individual treatment effects resulted in higher patient satisfaction and willingness to undergo surgery again. However, some patients with a relatively low treatment effect were highly satisfied, which indicates the need for both information.

Level of evidence

II.
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Metadata
Title
Higher treatment effect after total knee arthroplasty is associated with higher patient satisfaction
Authors
Jörg Lützner
Franziska Beyer
Klaus-Peter Günther
Jörg Huber
Publication date
01-10-2021
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy / Issue 10/2021
Print ISSN: 0942-2056
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7347
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-020-06272-2

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