TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing the utility of routine first annual follow-up visits after primary total knee arthroplasty
AU - Jacobs, Cale A.
AU - Christensen, Christian P.
AU - Karthikeyan, Tharun
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2015/4/1
Y1 - 2015/4/1
N2 - The combination of increased TKA utilization and a decreased number of arthroplasty specialists has resulted in a growing need to maximize efficiency without sacrificing the level of care being provided. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the utility of routine first annual follow-up visits for patients that have undergone primary TKA. Of 339 TKAs performed by a single surgeon in 2012, 23% failed to attend scheduled first annual visits. Furthermore, none of the revisions performed at our facility since 2003 were the direct result of information gained at a patient's routine first annual visit. As such, we question the clinical utility of the first annual visit.
AB - The combination of increased TKA utilization and a decreased number of arthroplasty specialists has resulted in a growing need to maximize efficiency without sacrificing the level of care being provided. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the utility of routine first annual follow-up visits for patients that have undergone primary TKA. Of 339 TKAs performed by a single surgeon in 2012, 23% failed to attend scheduled first annual visits. Furthermore, none of the revisions performed at our facility since 2003 were the direct result of information gained at a patient's routine first annual visit. As such, we question the clinical utility of the first annual visit.
KW - Evidence based practice
KW - Protocol
KW - Reoperation
KW - Revision
KW - TKA
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U2 - 10.1016/j.arth.2014.11.016
DO - 10.1016/j.arth.2014.11.016
M3 - Article
C2 - 25529284
AN - SCOPUS:84928360178
SN - 0883-5403
VL - 30
SP - 552
EP - 554
JO - Journal of Arthroplasty
JF - Journal of Arthroplasty
IS - 4
ER -