Higher flexion devices in TKA have no effect on patient-perceived outcomes .
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OE Journal. 2013;1(8):8 BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2013 Apr 8;14(1):127. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-14-12736 patients undergoing a one-stage bilateral total knee arthroplasty were randomized to receive standard cruciate-retaining (CR) TKA in one knee and high-flex posterior-stabilized (PS) TKA in the other. This trial was designed to investigate whether higher flexion had an effect on patient perceived outcomes. 1 year results through Visual Analogue Scale and Short Form-36 survey indicated no differences in ability to perform daily activities, satisfaction, “feel” of the knee, or pain in either prosthesis.
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El Índice de Fragilidad es una herramienta que ayuda en la interpretación de hallazgos significativos, proporcionando una medida de fuerza para un resultado. El Índice de Fragilidad representa el número de eventos consecutivos que es necesario añadir a un resultado dicotómico para que el hallazgo deje de ser significativo. Un número pequeño representa un hallazgo más débil y un número grande un hallazgo más fuerte.
¿Por qué se necesitaba ahora este estudio?
In total knee arthroplasty, range of motion is considered to be a measurement of functional success. New high flex prosthetic designs have been used, but studies have not been able to show that increased flexion beyond 110 degrees have an influence on patient-perceived outcomes. This trial, therefore, aimed to investigate whether insertion of high flex posterior stabilized TKA had increased patient satisfaction, reduced pain, better “feel” and better abilities in activities of daily living compared to standard cruciate retaining prosthesis.
¿Cuál era la pregunta principal de la investigación?
Does higher knee flexion, provided by high-flex PS-TKA, affect patient-perceived outcomes, such as pain, satisfaction, ability to perform daily tasks, and "feel" of the knee at 1 year, compared to standard CS-TKA?
- PS TKA and CR TKA had similar mean maximum active and passive flexion preoperatively, at week 6 and 3 months. However, at 6 months and 1 year, PS TKA had significantly better flexion (p<0.05). By final follow up, 30 of the CR TKA’s and 31 of the high-flex PS TKA’s were able to extend to 0–5 degrees (P>0.05)
- VAS knee pain was similar in both types of TKA at all-time points (P>0.05).
- VAS satisfaction did not differ between PS TKA and CR TKA at all-time points (P>0.05)
- Patient perceived “feel” of the knee was reported to be the same at all-time points between the knees (P>0.05)
- Satisfaction in ROM during activities of daily living, biking, squatting, facing barriers, were stated to be similar in both prosthesis (P>0.05)
- For SF-36, 26/33 patients who completed questionnaire had comparable median physical component score (PCS) of 47.8 (range: 20.6-57.9) and median mental component score (MCS) of 59.2 (range: 32.8-64.6)
¿Qué es lo que más debo recordar?
Although high flexion PS prosthesis significantly increased flexion at 12 months compared to standard CR prosthesis, it had no significant effect on patient-perceived results, such as pain, satisfaction, "feel" of the knee, and ability to perform daily activities.
¿Cómo afectará esto al cuidado de mis pacientes?
The findings suggest that increasing flexion beyond 110 degrees through high-flex PS prosthesis does not produce better patient related outcomes in this population. Further studies with larger sample sizes should be conducted to suggest the best prosthesis choice across different populations and activity levels.
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