Natural history of changes in knee skin temperature following total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Patients undergoing total-knee arthroplasty (TKA) have transient increases in anterior knee skin temperature (ST) that subside as recovery progresses–except in cases of systemic or local prosthetic joint infections (PJI). This meta-analysis was designed to quantify the changes in knee ST fo...

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Main Authors: Lilach Gavish, Leonid Kandel, Gurion Rivkin, S. David Gertz, Oshrit Hoffer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33556-7