Patient-reported factors determining long-term follow-up after total knee arthroplasty in individuals with knee osteoarthritis visiting a tertiary care hospital
A range of patient-reported factors, such as the absence of symptoms, longer wait times in the hospital, increased travel distance to the hospital, the absence of caregivers, financial constraints, the COVID-19 pandemic, and other unspecified reasons were noted as reasons, for loss to follow-up following TKA.
Authors
- Sandeep Vijayan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3842-4290)
- Mohandas Rao KG (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5832-0718)
- Arun G. Maiya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3811-1350)
- Bincy Muthukattu George (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8924-2484)
- Saidan Shetty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6852-5178)
Institutions
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education (IN)
- Melaka Manipal Medical College (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Orthopaedics
- Published
- 2025-03-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jor.2025.03.011
- Primary Topic
- Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00