Manipulation Under Anesthesia Is Associated With an Increased Rate of Early Total Knee Arthroplasty Revision.

Publication/Presentation Date

1-1-2022

Abstract

Manipulation under anesthesia (MUA) after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) frequently has been used as a first-line treatment to restore functional range of motion after unsuccessful physical therapy. Although there are studies reporting that MUA assisted in restoring range of motion, there is a paucity of literature on the influence of MUA on the risk of revision TKA. The goal of our study was to determine whether MUA was associated with an increase in the rate of revision TKA within 2 years of MUA. A total of 49,310 patients within a single institution who underwent primary TKA were identified from 1999 to 2019. Data were matched at a 1:3 ratio (TKA with and without MUA, respectively) based on age, sex, and body mass index. A matched comparison cohort was conducted, with the MUA cohort having 575 patients and the no MUA cohort having 1725 patients. A statistically significant increase in the rate of noninfectious etiology revision TKA was found in the MUA cohort (7.3%) compared with the no MUA cohort (4.9%;

Volume

45

Issue

5

First Page

270

Last Page

275

ISSN

1938-2367

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

35700432

Department(s)

Department of Surgery

Document Type

Article

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