Effectiveness of Contemporary Knee Arthroplasty in Working-age Patients

Effectiveness of Contemporary Knee Arthroplasty in Working-age Patients: a Prospective Study With 2-year Follow-up

The aim of our study was to assess the effectiveness of contemporary knee arthroplasty in working-age patients (< 65 years) by conducting a prospective cohort study with 2-year follow up. Outcomes were measured comprehensively using various patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) to provide information on the effect of knee arthroplasty on pain, satisfaction, physical activity, activities of daily living, and quality of life.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 65 or less and
• Scheduled for either TKA or unicondylar knee arthroplasty (UKA)

Exclusion Criteria:

• rheumatoid arthritis or other inflammatory diseases
• unwilling to provide informed consent
• physical, mental, or neurological conditions that could comprise the patient´s ability and compliance with postoperative rehabilitation and follow-up (e.g., drug or alcohol abuse, serious mental illness, general neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis (MS), etc.)
• known sensitivity to materials in the devices.