Pre-operative health screening for total knee replacement.
One hundred patients on the waiting list for total knee replacement at the Wirral Hospitals underwent a domiciliary pre-operative assessment with the rheumatology clinical nurse specialist. As a result of this assessment the operations of 31 of the 100 patients were postponed and seven were cancelled because of a variety of medical and surgical problems. All patients, when eventually admitted, underwent their surgery on the appointed date with no further postponements.
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Knee Research Unit, Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral, Merseyside, UK.
Sampath
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Barry
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Johnson
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D000368:Aged; D000075202:Contraindications; D006792:House Calls; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D008487:Medical History Taking; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D018579:Patient Selection; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011446:Prospective Studies