TY - JOUR
T1 - Patient-perceived outcomes in thigh pain after primary arthroplasty of the hip
AU - Lavernia, Carlos
AU - D'Apuzzo, Michele
AU - Hernandez, Victor Hugo
AU - Lee, David J.
PY - 2005/12
Y1 - 2005/12
N2 - Thigh pain after arthroplasty first was identified in the joint replacement literature in 1988; little information has been published about the functional status of patients who develop this complication. Eleven patients who reported thigh pain at 2 years after cementless primary total hip arthroplasty were matched with patients who did not report thigh pain on the following characteristics: age, gender, diagnosis, bone type, and surgical procedure (ie, unilateral or bilateral). Preoperative WOMAC™ function scores were different in these two groups (53.5 versus 39.7). There were no differences in SF-36 and Quality of Well Being scores in the two patient groups. There were also no differences in the WOMAC™, SF-36, and Quality of Well Being scores at the 2-year followup. However, item analysis of the WOMAC™ indicated that patients with thigh pain were more likely to report at least some functional deficit relative to patients without thigh pain at the 2-year followup. Thigh pain does not seem to affect 2-year postoperative quality of life severely in patients who have had cementless hip arthroplasties with a tapered stem design. Selected functional activities will be impacted by the presence of thigh pain.
AB - Thigh pain after arthroplasty first was identified in the joint replacement literature in 1988; little information has been published about the functional status of patients who develop this complication. Eleven patients who reported thigh pain at 2 years after cementless primary total hip arthroplasty were matched with patients who did not report thigh pain on the following characteristics: age, gender, diagnosis, bone type, and surgical procedure (ie, unilateral or bilateral). Preoperative WOMAC™ function scores were different in these two groups (53.5 versus 39.7). There were no differences in SF-36 and Quality of Well Being scores in the two patient groups. There were also no differences in the WOMAC™, SF-36, and Quality of Well Being scores at the 2-year followup. However, item analysis of the WOMAC™ indicated that patients with thigh pain were more likely to report at least some functional deficit relative to patients without thigh pain at the 2-year followup. Thigh pain does not seem to affect 2-year postoperative quality of life severely in patients who have had cementless hip arthroplasties with a tapered stem design. Selected functional activities will be impacted by the presence of thigh pain.
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U2 - 10.1097/01.blo.0000192035.45816.23
DO - 10.1097/01.blo.0000192035.45816.23
M3 - Article
C2 - 16331014
AN - SCOPUS:33644807125
SP - 268
EP - 273
JO - Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
JF - Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
SN - 0009-921X
IS - 441
ER -