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SynthesisKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2021

Joint awareness after unicompartmental knee arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies.

Sujit Kumar Tripathy, Paulson Varghese, Anand Srinivasan, Tarun Goyal, Prabhudev Prasad Purudappa, Ramesh Kumar Sen, Mallikarjun Honnenahalli Chandrappa

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Synthesis in Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Sujit Kumar TripathyDepartment of Orthopedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, 751019, India. ortho_sujit@aiimsbhubaneswar.edu.in.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0179-9910
Paulson VargheseDepartment of Orthopedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, 751019, India.
Anand SrinivasanDepartment of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
Tarun GoyalDepartment of Orthopedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bathinda, India.
Prabhudev Prasad PurudappaDepartment of Orthopedics, Boston VA Medical Centre, 150 S Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA.
Ramesh Kumar SenDepartment of Orthopedics, Max Hospital, Mohali, India.
Mallikarjun Honnenahalli ChandrappaUniversity Hospital for Wales, Cardiff, CF 144XW, UK.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to evaluate the joint awareness after unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA). It was hypothesized that patients with UKA could better forget about their artificial joint in comparison to TKA.

methodsA search of major literature databases and bibliographic details revealed 105 studies evaluating forgotten joint score in UKA and TKA. Seven studies found eligible for this review were assessed for risk of bias and quality of evidence using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. The forgotten joint score (FJS-12) was assessed at 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years.

resultsThe mean FJS-12 at 2 years was 82.35 in the UKA group and 74.05 in the TKA group. Forest plot analysis of five studies (n = 930 patients) revealed a mean difference of 7.65 (95% CI: 3.72, 11.57, p = 0.0001; I

conclusionsUKA patients can better forget about their artificial joint compared to TKA patients. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: III.

Indexed as

Arthroplasty, Replacement, KneeOsteoarthritis, KneeCohort StudiesHumansKnee JointTreatment OutcomeForgotten joint scoreJoint awarenessJoint perceptionKneePatient satisfactionTotal knee replacementUnicondylar knee replacement

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PMID33078218

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