Total Knee Arthroplasty
Conditions
Keywords
outcome, quality of life, total knee arthroplasty, clinical outcome scores post total knee arthroplasty, quality of life scores post total knee arthroplasty
Brief summary
To determine whether specialty training or high volume of operative experience is associated with better clinical outcome and quality-of-life scores.
Detailed description
Primary total knee replacements are becoming a commonly performed procedure. Many general orthopaedists can perform large numbers of such surgeries. Thus, we aim to find out if there is value of having surgeons with AR fellowship training to perform primary total knee arthroplasty. This has an implication in the direction of the training of future AR surgeons and in the distribution of operative cases.
Interventions
OTHERSpecialty training for knee surgeons
Sponsors
Singapore General Hospital
Study design
Observational model
CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
37 Years to 90 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* patients who require total knee arthroplasty seen during the specified period
Exclusion criteria
* revision total knee arthroplasty * unicompartmental or bicompartmental knee arthroplasty
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To determine whether specialty training or high volume of operative experience is associated with better clinical outcome and quality-of-life scores. | 2 years |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To determine which other factors are predictors of better outcome score and quality-of-life scores. | 2 years |
Countries
Singapore
Outcome results
None listed