Patient Satisfaction after Primary Total Knee Replacement Surgery Done For Degenerative Osteoarthrosis of Knee Joint in Age Group More Than 60 Years

Abstract

Background: Osteoarthrosis (OA) is a major health burden of our time. Age is the most prominent risk factor for the initiation and progression of OA. Knee arthroplasty/Total Knee Replacement (TKR), a surgical procedure is the gold standard treatment for tri-compartmental osteoarthrosis of knee joint after failure of conservative treatment. Objective: To assess the satisfaction after total knee replacement surgery done at different levels of set up. Material and Methods: We surveyed 30 patients of ages 60 and above of post TKR through Knee Society score, function score and visual analogue score to check the patient satisfaction post surgery. Results and Analysis: It was found that 93% patients were satisfied with the treatment