Longer hospital stay, more complications, and increased mortality but substantially improved function after knee replacement in older patients A study of 3,144 primary unilateral total knee replacements

• Published in: Acta orthopaedica Vol. 86; no. 4; pp. 451 - 456
• Main Authors: Maempel, Julian F, Riddoch, Fraser, Calleja, Neville, Brenkel, Ivan J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Informa Healthcare 04.07.2015
• Subjects: Knee

Background and purpose - Total knee replacement (TKR) is being increasingly performed in elderly patients, yet there is little information on specific requirements and complication rates encountered by this group. We assessed whether elderly patients undergoing TKR had different length of stay, requ...