TY - JOUR
T1 - Stratification of standardized TKA complications and adverse events
T2 - A brief communication knee
AU - Iorio, Richard
AU - Della Valle, Craig J.
AU - Healy, William L.
AU - Berend, Keith R.
AU - Cushner, Fred D.
AU - Dalury, David F.
AU - Lonner, Jess H.
PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - Background: The Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) Complications Workgroup of the Knee Society developed a standardized list and definitions of complications associated with TKA. Twenty-two complications and adverse events believed important for reporting outcomes of TKA were identified. The Editorial Board of Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research ® , the Executive Board of the Knee Society, and the members of the Knee Society TKA Complications Workgroup came to the conclusion that reporting of a list of TKA adverse events and complications would be more valuable if they were stratified using a validated classification system. Questions/purposes: The purpose of this article was to stratify the previously published standardized list of TKA adverse events and complications. Methods: A modified version of the Sink adaptation of the Clavien-Dindo Surgical Complication Classification was applied to the list of standardized TKA complications and adverse events. Results: The proposed stratified classifications of TKA complications were reviewed and endorsed by the Knee Society. Conclusions: Stratification of TKA complications will allow more in-depth and detailed outcome reporting for surgeons, hospitals, third-party payers, government agencies, joint replacement registries, and orthopaedic researchers. This improvement in reporting of TKA complications will also improve the quality of orthopaedic literature.
AB - Background: The Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) Complications Workgroup of the Knee Society developed a standardized list and definitions of complications associated with TKA. Twenty-two complications and adverse events believed important for reporting outcomes of TKA were identified. The Editorial Board of Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research ® , the Executive Board of the Knee Society, and the members of the Knee Society TKA Complications Workgroup came to the conclusion that reporting of a list of TKA adverse events and complications would be more valuable if they were stratified using a validated classification system. Questions/purposes: The purpose of this article was to stratify the previously published standardized list of TKA adverse events and complications. Methods: A modified version of the Sink adaptation of the Clavien-Dindo Surgical Complication Classification was applied to the list of standardized TKA complications and adverse events. Results: The proposed stratified classifications of TKA complications were reviewed and endorsed by the Knee Society. Conclusions: Stratification of TKA complications will allow more in-depth and detailed outcome reporting for surgeons, hospitals, third-party payers, government agencies, joint replacement registries, and orthopaedic researchers. This improvement in reporting of TKA complications will also improve the quality of orthopaedic literature.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11999-013-2980-0
DO - 10.1007/s11999-013-2980-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 23568680
AN - SCOPUS:84891745630
VL - 472
SP - 194
EP - 205
JO - Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
JF - Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
SN - 0009-921X
IS - 1
ER -