Fast track rehabilitaion after knee arthroplasty

master's thesis

• Author: Adrian Charles Morency
• Mentor: Domagoj Delimar (mentor)
• Committee member: Goran Bićanić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Tomislav Meštrović (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Domagoj Delimar (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; School of Medicine; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2016-07-15, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE; Clinical Medical Sciences; Orthopedics

Abstract

Historically, patients were usually hospitalized for several weeks after total knee arthroplasty (TKA), which mainly consisted of a period of bed rest. (1)However, the length of hospital stay after TKA has decreased in the last decade through implementation of fast-track protocol.(2-6)
Moreover, the quality of life after TKA with fast track improves substantially during the first 3 months after hospital discharge, compared to the quality of life of patients treated with a non-fast-track protocol.(7) Also, a decrease in the number of complications and re-admissions can be achieved with the fast track rehabilitation protocols.(8,9)
The prevalence of manipulation under anesthesia for stiffness of the knee has been found to be lower or comparable with the use of fast-track protocols, compared to conventional pathways(4) and the risk of thromboembolic complications is reduced.(10) Fast-track protocols have proven to be safe for patients, including the elderly.(11)

• Keywords: total knee arthroplasty; fast track; rehabilitation
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:105:773938
• Study programme: Title: Medicine (in English language); Study programme type: university; Study level: integrated undergraduate and graduate; Academic / professional title: doktor/doktorica medicine (doktor/doktorica medicine)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2017-08-30 12:26:35