Avoiding ‘Fake News’ in orthopaedic research – measuring the right outcomes and their interpretation

[...]Lim et al [7] compared the outcomes of 70 patients who underwent primary unicompartmental arthroplasty to revision total knee arthroplasty (TKA) compared to 140 patients who underwent primary TKA Outcomes collected including implant usage, complications and patient reported outcome measures on...

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Published in:The knee 2019-08, Vol.26 (4), p.811-812
Main Author: Smith, Toby
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arthroplasty (knee)
Clinical trials
Gene expression
Intervention
Joint surgery
Knee
Patients
Quality of life
Researchers
Transplants & implants
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Summary:[...]Lim et al [7] compared the outcomes of 70 patients who underwent primary unicompartmental arthroplasty to revision total knee arthroplasty (TKA) compared to 140 patients who underwent primary TKA Outcomes collected including implant usage, complications and patient reported outcome measures on quality of life and function. The primary analysis was implant usage including the use of constraint implants, use of stems and augments, with secondary outcomes of re-operation rate, complications and then patient reported outcome measures. [...]as you enjoy this edition of The Knee, I invite you to further consider outcome measures, their selection for your patients and how they should be interpreted when reflecting on our own clinical practice.
ISSN:0968-0160
1873-5800
DOI:10.1016/j.knee.2019.06.015