Pain catastrophizing immediately after surgery predicts postoperative patient satisfaction one year after total knee arthroplasty
Patients who were dissatisfied with TKA outcomes persistently exhibited high PCS scores immediately after surgery. Surgeons should consider not only preoperative PCS and VAS scores, but also postoperative PCS scores in order to enhance postoperative patient satisfaction following TKA.
Authors
- Yusuke Horita
- Takashi Tsuda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6071-4554)
- Kazunori Hino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3601-639X)
- Tomofumi Kinoshita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6469-4652)
- Kunihiko Watamori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9266-8624)
- Tatsuhiko Kutsuna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1004-6315)
- Masaki Takao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5392-996X)
Institutions
- Ehime University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Bone & Joint Open
- Published
- 2025-11-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1302/2633-1462.611.bjo-2025-0076.r2
- Primary Topic
- Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00