Factors Related with the Time to Surgery in Waiting-list Patients for Knee Prostheses
Full list of Authors
Jurado MR, Fidalgo AE, Villar VR, Medina JM, Lopez BS.
Full AMA reference
Jurado MR., Fidalgo AE., Villar VR., Medina JM., Lopez BS. Factors Related with the Time to Surgery in Waiting-list Patients for Knee Prostheses. Reumatol Clin. 2013;
9(3): 148–155.
Study Design
Level-II clinical study: single centre, retrospective cohort study.
Objective
To assess if DUROLANE treatment could delay the need for a total knee replacement.
Conclusion
Data was collected on 224 patients requiring TKR, 202 (90.2%) of these patients were treated with DUROLANE. KL grades varied from grade I to grade IV (9% KLI, 27.5% KL-II, 48.2% KL-III, 15.3% KL-IV). In the stratified analysis, treatment with DUROLANE extended time until surgery in the group of patients with KL-III close to statistical significance (P=0.064). The median survival of patients with grade 3 lesions and DUROLANE treatment was 1278 days (95%, 474–2081) and for those not receiving treatment it was 596 days (95% CI, 14–1179).
