Knee replacement

TY - JOUR

T1 - Knee replacement

AU - Price, Andrew J

AU - Alvand, Abtin

AU - Troelsen, Anders

AU - Katz, Jeffrey N

AU - Hooper, Gary

AU - Gray, Alastair

AU - Carr, Andrew

AU - Beard, David

PY - 2018/11/3

Y1 - 2018/11/3

N2 - Knee replacement surgery is one of the most commonly done and cost-effective musculoskeletal surgical procedures. The numbers of cases done continue to grow worldwide, with substantial variation in utilisation rates across regions and countries. The main indication for surgery remains painful knee osteoarthritis with reduced function and quality of life. The threshold for intervention is not well defined, and is influenced by many factors including patient and surgeon preference. Most patients have a very good clinical outcome after knee replacement, but multiple studies have reported that 20% or more of patients do not. So despite excellent long-term survivorship, more work is required to enhance this procedure and development is rightly focused on increasing the proportion of patients who have successful pain relief after surgery. Changing implant design has historically been a target for improving outcome, but there is greater recognition that improvements can be achieved by better implantation methods, avoiding complications, and improving perioperative care for patients, such as enhanced recovery programmes. New technologies are likely to advance future knee replacement care further, but their introduction must be regulated and monitored with greater rigour to ensure patient safety.

AB - Knee replacement surgery is one of the most commonly done and cost-effective musculoskeletal surgical procedures. The numbers of cases done continue to grow worldwide, with substantial variation in utilisation rates across regions and countries. The main indication for surgery remains painful knee osteoarthritis with reduced function and quality of life. The threshold for intervention is not well defined, and is influenced by many factors including patient and surgeon preference. Most patients have a very good clinical outcome after knee replacement, but multiple studies have reported that 20% or more of patients do not. So despite excellent long-term survivorship, more work is required to enhance this procedure and development is rightly focused on increasing the proportion of patients who have successful pain relief after surgery. Changing implant design has historically been a target for improving outcome, but there is greater recognition that improvements can be achieved by better implantation methods, avoiding complications, and improving perioperative care for patients, such as enhanced recovery programmes. New technologies are likely to advance future knee replacement care further, but their introduction must be regulated and monitored with greater rigour to ensure patient safety.

KW - Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee/adverse effects

KW - Biomedical Technology/legislation & jurisprudence

KW - Cost-Benefit Analysis

KW - Humans

KW - Knee Prosthesis

KW - Osteoarthritis, Knee/epidemiology

KW - Patient Reported Outcome Measures

KW - Postoperative Complications/prevention & control

KW - Prosthesis Design

KW - Quality of Life

KW - Reoperation

KW - United Kingdom/epidemiology

KW - United States/epidemiology

U2 - 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32344-4

DO - 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32344-4

M3 - Review

C2 - 30496082

SN - 1470-2045

VL - 392

SP - 1672

EP - 1682

JO - The Lancet Oncology

JF - The Lancet Oncology

IS - 10158

ER -