Patient-perceived outcomes in thigh pain after primary arthroplasty of the hip Conference

Lavernia, C, D'Apuzzo, M, Hernandez, VH et al. (2005). Patient-perceived outcomes in thigh pain after primary arthroplasty of the hip . CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS AND RELATED RESEARCH, 441 268-273. 10.1097/01.blo.0000192035.45816.23

cited authors

  • Lavernia, C; D'Apuzzo, M; Hernandez, VH; Lee, DJ

authors

abstract

  • Thigh pain after arthroplasty first was identified in the joint replacement literature in 1988; little information has been published about the functional status of patients who develop this complication. Eleven patients who reported thigh pain at 2 years after cementless primary total hip arthroplasty were matched with patients who did not report thigh pain on the following characteristics: age, gender, diagnosis, bone type, and surgical procedure (ie, unilateral or bilateral). Preoperative WOMAC™ function scores were different in these two groups (53.5 versus 39.7). There were no differences in SF-36 and Quality of Well Being scores in the two patient groups. There were also no differences in the WOMAC™, SF-36, and Quality of Well Being scores at the 2-year followup. However, item analysis of the WOMAC™ indicated that patients with thigh pain were more likely to report at least some functional deficit relative to patients without thigh pain at the 2-year followup. Thigh pain does not seem to affect 2-year postoperative quality of life severely in patients who have had cementless hip arthroplasties with a tapered stem design. Selected functional activities will be impacted by the presence of thigh pain. © 2005 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

publication date

  • January 1, 2005

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start page

  • 268

end page

  • 273

volume

  • 441