Abstract
Introduction
Enhanced pain and rehabilitation protocols have significantly improved patient recovery following primary TKR. Little has been written on how the protocols have affected the revision TKR patient. We report on a matched group of revision and primary TKR patients treated with the identical pain and rehab program.
Materials and Methods
40 aseptic RTKR patients who underwent a full femoral and tibial revision were matched by age, sex, and BMI to a group of patients who underwent a cemented tri-compartmental primary TKR. All revision knees had uncemented stemmed femurs and tibias. All 40 patients had either a metaphyseal sleeve on either the femur or tibia or both. Patients in both groups were treated with an identical post op pain protocol (Spinal anesthetic, local infiltrative analgesia and multimodal oral pain management along with rapid rehabilitation). All patients were mobilized on POD1 and allowed weight bearing as tolerated. Patients were followed for a minimum of 1 year. KSS at 6 weeks and 1 year were recorded for both groups.
Results
There was no significant difference in length of stay between the RTKR and the primary TKR (1.2 days versus 1.1 days). Average oral morphine equivalents used during the hospitalization was 38 for the RTKR and 42 for the primary group. There was 1 readmission in each group: GI distress in the RTKR and urinary retention in the primary group. There no were reoperations, wound healing problems, identified thromboembolic events or manipulations under anesthesia in either group. KSS for the RTKR group averaged 87.3 at 6 weeks (range 45 to 99) and 89.1at minimum 1 year (range 52 to100). KSS for the primary group averaged 89.9 (range 71 to 100) at 6 week follow-up and 93.2 (range 54 to 100) at minimum follow-up. Range of motion at final follow up averaged1.2 (0–10) to 114.1 (55–135) for the RTKR group and 1 (0–8) to 121.3 (85–140) for the primary group.
Conclusion
Despite more complex surgery in the revision total knee patient, enhanced pain and rehabilitation protocols have enabled the RTKR patient to have a similar recovery and outcome compared to the primary TKR patient.
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