Primary KneeDo Knee Osteoarthritis Patterns Affect Patient-Reported Outcomes in Total Knee Arthroplasty? Results From an International Multicenter Prospective Study With 3-Year Follow-Up
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Patient Population
In total, 384 patients (mean age 64; 65% female) undergoing TKA between the years 2011 and 2014 were eligible in this international multicenter prospective study conducted at 11 sites across the United States (4 centers), Europe (2 centers in Denmark, 1 center in Sweden, and 1 center in Spain), Asia (2 centers in South Korea), and Australia (1 center). The study is an industry-funded multicenter study with the main aim of studying the performance of vitamin E diffused highly-crosslinked
Does Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis Affect Preoperative Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Scores in Total Knee Arthroplasty?
In total, 276 (71.9%) patients had medial OA, 45 (11.7%) medial + patellofemoral OA, 34 (8.9%) lateral OA, 7 (1.8%) lateral + patellofemoral OA, 12 (3.1%) bicompartmental OA, and 10 (2.6%) tricompartmental OA (Table 1). Patient demographics were similar in all groups, except for fewer female bicompartmental and tricompartmental OA patients, and less component malalignment in bicompartmental OA patients (Table 1). Lateral OA patients had some of the lowest preoperative and postoperative KOOS
Discussion
Patellofemoral OA does not affect medial ± lateral OA patients’ preoperative KOOS scores, challenging the importance of patellofemoral OA in TKA. Lateral ± patellofemoral OA patients have lower postoperative KOOS scores than medial/more progressed compartmental OA patients, indicating that patients with less common OA patterns present with unique surgical challenges. Further development of indications for and correct timing of TKA surgery in different patient subgroups is needed.
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Conclusions
Patellofemoral OA does not seem to affect preoperative KOOS scores in patients with medial and/or lateral OA, challenging the importance of patellofemoral OA in TKA. Bicompartmental/tricompartmental OA patients have less preoperative pain and higher daily function as well as higher 1-year postoperative daily function and sports activity, compared to medial ± patellofemoral OA patients. Lateral ± patellofemoral OA patients have more symptoms, more pain, lower daily function, and lower QOL, at
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank Thomas Kallemose, MSc, for essential help with statistical work. This work was supported by Partners Healthcare Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA [grant number 05012019]. Partners Healthcare Massachusetts General Hospital did not have any involvement in study design, collection, analysis, interpretation of data, writing of the article, and in the decision to submit the article for publication.
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