2018
Disparities in Total Knee Replacement: Population Losses in Quality‐Adjusted Life‐Years Due to Differential Offer, Acceptance, and Complication Rates for African Americans
Kerman HM, Smith SR, Smith KC, Collins JE, Suter LG, Katz JN, Losina E. Disparities in Total Knee Replacement: Population Losses in Quality‐Adjusted Life‐Years Due to Differential Offer, Acceptance, and Complication Rates for African Americans. Arthritis Care & Research 2018, 70: 1326-1334. PMID: 29363280, PMCID: PMC6057850, DOI: 10.1002/acr.23484.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal knee replacementKnee OA patientsComplication rateKnee osteoarthritisOA patientsQALY lossKnee replacement
2016
Projecting Lifetime Risk of Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis and Total Knee Replacement in Individuals Sustaining a Complete Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear in Early Adulthood
Suter LG, Smith SR, Katz JN, Englund M, Hunter DJ, Frobell R, Losina E. Projecting Lifetime Risk of Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis and Total Knee Replacement in Individuals Sustaining a Complete Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear in Early Adulthood. Arthritis Care & Research 2016, 69: 201-208. PMID: 27214559, PMCID: PMC5121085, DOI: 10.1002/acr.22940.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal knee replacementSymptomatic knee osteoarthritisAnterior cruciate ligament tearsACL injuryCruciate ligament tearsKnee osteoarthritisLifetime riskMeniscal tearsACL tearsInjury cohortLigament tearsMT cohortKnee replacementComplete anterior cruciate ligament tearsConcomitant meniscal tearsGreater lifetime riskInjury prevention interventionsAge 25 yearsOsteoarthritis Policy ModelCumulative incidenceKnee injuriesIncident injuryTreatment modalitiesPrevention interventionsOsteoarthritis