Thyroid Diseases After Total Knee Replacement: A Multi-center, Propensity-score-matched Cohort Study

• Published in: In vivo (Athens) Vol. 38; no. 5; pp. 2446 - 2454
• Main Authors: LI, CHEN-PI, LO, SHAO-WEI, HSU, CHRISTINE, LI, YUN-FENG, TSAI, RU-YIN, CHANG, HUI-CHIN, GAU, SHUO-YAN
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Greece International Institute of Anticancer Research 01.09.2024
• Subjects: Age; Aged; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee - adverse effects; Body mass index; Cohort Studies; Endocrine disorders; Female; Humans; Hyperthyroidism; Hypothyroidism; Knee; Male; Middle Aged; Osteoarthritis; Osteoarthritis, Knee - epidemiology; Osteoarthritis, Knee - etiology; Osteoarthritis, Knee - surgery; Propensity Score; Proportional Hazards Models; Risk Factors; Surgery; Thyroid diseases; Thyroid Diseases - epidemiology; Thyroid Diseases - surgery; United States > US; thyroid disease; epidemiology; electronic medical records; hyperthyroidism; hypothyroidism; cohort; total knee replacement; Thyroid

Thyroid diseases are prevalent endocrine disorders that significantly affect overall health. Although the impact of pre-existing thyroid dysfunction on total knee replacement (TKR) outcomes has been studied, the potential for TKR to increase the risk of developing thyroid disorders remains unexplore...