Total Knee Arthroplasty: What to Expect? A Survey of the Members of the Dutch Knee Society on Long-Term Recovery after Total Knee Arthroplasty

• Published in: The Journal of knee surgery Vol. 30; no. 6; p. 612
• Main Authors: Tolk, Jaap J, van der Steen, Marieke C, Janssen, Rob P A, Reijman, Max
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany 01.07.2017
• Subjects: Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee - psychology; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee - rehabilitation; Exercise; Humans; Knee Joint - surgery; Netherlands; Orthopedic Procedures; Orthopedic Surgeons - statistics & numerical data; Pain; Pain Management; Patient Satisfaction - statistics & numerical data; Recovery of Function; Surveys and Questionnaires; Walking

The rate of satisfaction after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is consistently reported around 80%, leaving one in five patients unsatisfied to some extent. Fulfillment of expectations is reported as the strongest predictor of treatment satisfaction. In this study, we aimed to evaluate what Dutch orth...