title: Patients who have undergone non-arthroplasty operative procedures are at higher risk to require total knee arthroplasty: commentary on the article by Robert H. Brophy, MD, et al.: "total knee arthroplasty after previous knee surgery: expected interval and the effect on patient age".
authors.affiliation: Joint Implant Surgeons, New Albany, Ohio.
authors.forename: Adolph V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Lombardi
mesh_terms: D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020370:Osteoarthritis, Knee / Q000601:surgery*