Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2021, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (27): 4408-4414.doi: 10.12307/2021.205

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Development status and strategy of outpatient total knee arthroplasty

Kang Bo, Wang Jindong   

  1. 1Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi Province, China; 2Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi Province, China
  • Received:2020-11-02 Revised:2020-11-05 Accepted:2020-12-07 Online:2021-09-28 Published:2021-04-10
  • Contact: Wang Jindong, MD, Associate chief physician, Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi Province, China
  • About author:Kang Bo, Master candidate, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi Province, China

Abstract: BACKGROUND: With the development of total knee arthroplasty and the application of the concept of enhanced recovery after surgery in total knee arthroplasty, patients with total knee arthroplasty now have lesser trauma, fewer bleeding, faster recovery and effectively shorten length of stay. Some patients can even be discharged on the same day of surgery. Outside China, many hospitals have carried out outpatient total knee arthroplasty in the Ambulatory Surgery Center. In China, the outpatient total knee arthroplasty is still in the exploratory stage, and there are relatively few reports about it.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the development status and strategies of outpatient total knee arthroplasty by referring to the relevant literature of outpatient total knee arthroplasty, so as to provide some ideas for the implementation of outpatient total knee arthroplasty in China.
METHODS: These articles of outpatient total knee arthroplasty from the inception of the database to September 2020 were retrieved from CNKI, Wanfang, PubMed and Web of Science databases by computer. The search words in Chinese and English were “total knee arthroplasty”, “total joint arthroplasty”, “arthroplasty, replacement, knee”, “outpatient”, “same-day discharge”, “ambulatory surgical procedures”. Finally, 61 articles were included to analyze the results. 
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) The proportion of outpatient total knee arthroplasty in foreign countries was rapidly growing each year. It is relatively safe to perform outpatient total knee arthroplasty on strictly selected patients and the incidence of postoperative complications and readmission was low. (2) At present, some domestic third-level grade-A hospitals have achieved that some patients are discharged on the first day after surgery, and even some patients can be discharged on the same day of surgery. (3) This means that there are certain conditions for carrying out outpatient total knee arthroplasty in China.

Key words: knee, total knee arthroplasty, outpatient surgery, ambulatory surgery centers, review

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