Journal article
Factors associated with the orthopaedic surgeon's decision to recommend total joint replacement in hip and knee osteoarthritis: an international cross-sectional study of 1905 patients
C Huynh, D Puyraimond-Zemmour, JF Maillefert, PG Conaghan, AM Davis, KP Gunther, G Hawker, MC Hochberg, M Kloppenburg, K Lim, LS Lohmander, NN Mahomed, L March, K Pavelka, L Punzi, EM Roos, L Sanchez-Riera, JA Singh, ME Suarez-Almazor, M Dougados Show all
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage | Published : 2018
Abstract
Objective: To determine factors associated with orthopaedic surgeons’ decision to recommend total joint replacement (TJR) in people with knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA). Design: Cross-sectional study in eleven countries. For consecutive outpatients with definite hip or knee OA consulting an orthopaedic surgeon, the surgeon's indication of TJR was collected, as well as patients’ characteristics including comorbidities and social situation, OA symptom duration, pain, stiffness and function (Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index [WOMAC]), joint-specific quality of life, Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) joint space narrowing (JSN) radiographic grade..
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Funding Acknowledgements
[ "Dr Hawker is supported as the Sir John and Lady Eaton Professor and Chair of Medicine at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.", "PGC is supported in part by the UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leeds Biomedical Research Centre. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health." ]