Musculoskeletal
Total Knee Replacement
December 2003
Clinical Focus*
- What are the current indications for, and outcomes from, primary total knee replacement?
- How do specific characteristics of the patient, material and design of the prosthesis, and surgical factors, affect the short- and long-term outcomes of primary total knee replacement?
- Are there important perioperative interventions that influence outcomes?
- What are the indications, approaches, and outcomes for revision total knee replacement?
- What factors explain disparities in the utilization of total knee replacement in different populations?
- What are the directions for future research?
*Addressed in the summary or evidence report.
Total Knee Replacement
Summary (Publication No. 04-E006-1, December 2003)
Evidence Report (Publication No. 04-E006-2, December 2003)
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EPC: Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center
Topic Nominators: NIH Office of Medical Applications of Research, and the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH
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