Oxford hip and knee scores deteriorate in patients awaiting lower limb arthroplasty during the COVID-19 pandemic and predict a health state ‘worse than death’

Oxford hip and knee scores deteriorate in patients awaiting lower limb arthroplasty during the COVID-19 pandemic and predict a health state ‘worse than death’

Aims: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruption to elective orthopaedic services. The primary objective of this study was to examine changes in functional scores in patients awaiting total hip arthroplasty (THA), total knee arthroplasty (TKA), and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (...

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Main Authors: Jack O. Clark, Nima Razii, S. W. Justin Lee, Stephen J. Grant, Martin J. Davison, Oliver Bailey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery 2023-03-01
Series:Bone & Joint Open
Subjects:
arthroplasty
waiting list
elective surgery
oxford hip score
oxford knee score
quality of life
worse than death
covid-19
lower limb arthroplasty
knee scores
sars-cov-2 infection
hip
total knee arthroplasty (tka)
unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (uka)
oxford hip scores
eq-5d-5l
total hip arthroplasty (tha)
functional scores
Online Access:https://online.boneandjoint.org.uk/doi/epdf/10.1302/2633-1462.43.BJO-2022-0136.R1

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https://online.boneandjoint.org.uk/doi/epdf/10.1302/2633-1462.43.BJO-2022-0136.R1

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