Minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty; a pragmatic randomised controlled trial reporting outcomes up to 2year follow up

Global scientific production in the field of knee arthroplasty: A cross-sectional survey of research activities

“… 1 – 3 Many developments in knee arthroplasty have occurred during the past few decades. 1 – 4 However, these contributions to the field of knee arthroplasty have been unequal among countries because of different healthcare systems, financial research sources, and scientific research programs. 5 , 6 …”

Comparison of Mini-Midvastus and Conventional Total Knee Arthroplasty with Clinical and Radiographic Evaluation

“…In contrast to these positive findings, some recently published and well-designed studies [12][13][14][15][16] and 2 meta-analyses 17,18 have indicated that minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty could also have important shortcomings, such as prolonged operative time, an increased number of wound complications, and more malpositioning of the prosthesis. However, these randomized clinical trials had relatively short-term follow-up and had neither patient-reported outcomes nor radiographic evaluations.…”

Comparison of minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty with standard approach total knee arthroplasty in terms of length of post-operative hospital stay.

“…Although TKA is a very successful procedure in terms of functional outcome and pain relief but there has always been a disagreement on the optimal technique of TKA. 7 The quadriceps sparing technique was introduced in order to minimize the soft-tissue damage, and is considered as one of the least invasive TKA technique. 8 Our results showed that baseline characteristics were similar in both groups.…”

“…Surgery to discharge time was shorter in the MIS group 4.5±1.5 (range = 4.1 to 4.9) days versus 5.9±2.7 (range = 5.1 to 6.7) days among controls (p = 0.004). 7 In a study conducted by Shen et al in which he evaluated the short-term clinical outcome of MIS compared to a standard TKA. They concluded that the visual analog pain scores (VAS) were significantly lower at the 1 st , 3 rd and 7 th post-operative days in the MIS compared to the standard TKA group, resulting in early discharge of the patient post-operatively.…”

“…4.5±1.5 and in standard approach group 5.9±2.7. 7 After taking the required approval from hospital ethical board, 100 patients fulfilling the selection criteria were included in this study from outpatient Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi. An informed consent was obtained.…”