Tracking a painful episode after a joint replacement using patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs)

Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are an important tool in measuring the benefit of a surgery for patients and for clinicians. The results of such assessment tools can be used to monitor patient progress or initiate intervention. The scores also provide a reproducible evaluation of functiona...

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Published inBMJ case reports Vol. 2018; p. bcr-2018-224363
Main Authors Haigh, Thomas James, Gough, Anthony Thomas, Williams, Dan H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 17.08.2018
BMJ Publishing Group
SeriesCase Report
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Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
Case reports
Funding
Humans
Knee
Male
Novel Diagnostic Procedure
Pain
Pain Measurement
Pain, Postoperative
Patient Reported Outcome Measures
Quality
Surgery
Surgical outcomes
orthopaedics
degenerative joint disease
orthopaedic and trauma surgery
osteoarthritic knww
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Summary:Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are an important tool in measuring the benefit of a surgery for patients and for clinicians. The results of such assessment tools can be used to monitor patient progress or initiate intervention. The scores also provide a reproducible evaluation of functional recovery and well-being after surgery. We report the case of a 68-year-old woman who underwent left unicondylar knee replacement in November 2011 followed by right unicondylar knee replacement in April 2012. Prospective, web-based electronic PROMs were used preoperatively and every 6–12 months postoperatively to monitor the improvement in pain and function symptoms. These outcome measures were beneficial in helping to monitor an episode of new pain in her left knee, without requiring invasive or extensive investigation.
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ISSN:1757-790X
1757-790X
DOI:10.1136/bcr-2018-224363