Safety of one-stage bilateral total knee arthroplasty -one surgeon sequential vs. two surgeons simultaneous: a randomized controlled study

UZER G., ALIYEV O., YILDIZ F., Gungoren N., ELMALI N., TUNCAY İ.

INTERNATIONAL ORTHOPAEDICS, vol.44, no.10, pp.2009-2015, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 44 Issue: 10
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00264-020-04704-9
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL ORTHOPAEDICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Abstracts in Social Gerontology, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE
  • Page Numbers: pp.2009-2015
  • Keywords: Bilateral, Knee, Arthroplasty, Complication, Operative time, Two-team, BLOOD-LOSS, MORTALITY, COMPLICATIONS, REPLACEMENT, REVISION
  • Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose This study aimed to examine the complications by comparing two surgeons simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty (two-surgeon bilateral TKA) to one surgeon sequential bilateral total knee arthroplasty (single-surgeon bilateral TKA).