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INTRODUCTION
According to literature, knee arthroscopy is a
minimal invasive surgery performed for minor
surgical trauma, reduced morbidity and shor-
tens the hospitalization period. Therefore, this
type of surgery before total knee arthroplasty
(TKA) could be considered a minor procedure
with minimum postoperative complication.
Therefore,
is prior knee arthroscopy related
to worse results in Primary TKA?
MATERIALAND METHODS
A retrospective and cohort series of 1,474
PTKA was performed with re-assessment after
a minimum follow-up period of 2 years: 1,119
PTKA had no previous surgery (group A) and
60 PTKA had arthroscopic debridement
(group B) (Table 1). All the patients underwent
a clinical and radiological evaluation as well
as IKS scores.
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TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY
AFTER PRIOR KNEE ARTHROSCOPY
S. ROCHA-PIEDADE, A. PINAROLI, E. SERVIEN, P. NEYRET
Group A
Group B
*p-value
(n = 1035 patients)
(n = 60 patients)
Age
72 (20-95 years)
69 (34-81)
<0.001
Sex
Female
787 (76%)
45 (75%)
NS
Male
248 (24%)
15 (25%)
NS
Side
Right
559 (54%)
37 (62%)
NS
Left
476 (46%)
23 (38%)
NS
Weight
(kg)
76 (36-158)
78 (55-138)
NS
Height
(cm)
162 (130-190)
165 (152-192)
<0.007
BMI
29 (14.45-51.27)
28 (20.66-46.11)
NS
Table 1 : Percentage distribution of patients according to age, sex, side, weight, height and
BMI in Group A (1035 patients) and Group B (60 patients).
* NS non-significant statistical analysis between both study groups.