Application of fast-track surgery concept around perioperative total knee arthroplasty
HE Yong
LIU Xin-wei
ZHANG Jing-dong
SUN Bao-fei
HAN Wen-feng
LIU Song-bo
LIU Hai-li
Abstract：Objective To explore the clinical efficacy of the fast-track surgery concept around perioperative total knee ar-throplasty .Methods A retrospective study was performed on 60 cases of patients that received first artificial total knee ar-throplasty in the General Hospital of Shenyang Military Command from July 1 to December 31 ,2015 .Patients were randomly divided into the fast-track surgery group and the traditional rehabilitation group ,with 30 cases in each group .The length of stay,hospital costs and perioperative complications were recorded .Using visual analogue scale ( VAS) to assess the level of pain between the two groups and range of motion ( ROM) to assess the clinical efficacy .Results The hospitalized time in fast-track surgery group was significantly shorter than that in the traditional rehabilitation group ( P<0.05 );the surgical curative effect in the fast-track surgery group was significantly superior to that in the traditional rehabilitation group ( P<0.05 );the hospitalization costs between the two groups had no statistical significance ( P>0.05 ) .Conclusion The appli-cation of fast-track surgery around perioperative total knee arthroplasty can be beneficial to patients with fast early rehabili -tation,reduce hospitalization time and improve the clinical curative effect .
Keywords：Fast-track surgeryTotal knee arthroplastyPerioperativeClinical pathway
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 196-199 )