Bilateral Outpatient Total Knee Arthroplasty – Is it Feasible, Safe, and Worth Considering: A Pilot Study

Introduction: Outpatient total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in selected patients has proved to be beneficial to both patients and health-care systems in terms of safety, reoperations, readmission rate, complications, cost-effectiveness, increased patient satisfaction, and improved outcome scores. However...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Journal of Orthopedics, Traumatology and Rehabilitation
Main Authors:	Sunil Rajan, Saurabh Jain, Chetan Singh Dhosariya, Ashish Goyal
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-01-01
Subjects:	bilateral total knee arthroplasty day-care total knee arthroplasty outpatient
Online Access:	https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jotr.jotr_21_23

Similar Items

Patient’s safety during simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty
by: I M Zazirnyi, et al.
Published: (2022-04-01)

Best timing of bilateral knee arthroplasty– an analysis of revision and mortality rates from the German Arthroplasty Registry (EPRD)
by: Anne Elisabeth Postler, et al.
Published: (2025-03-01)

Outpatient Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Meta-Analysis
by: Filippo Migliorini, et al.
Published: (2021-10-01)

Demographic-Based Algorithm Used to Predict the Implant Sizing in Total Knee Arthroplasty
by: Sunil Rajan, et al.
Published: (2023-07-01)

Simultaneous bilateral and staged total knee arthroplasty combined with unicompartmental knee arthroplasty in the treatment of bilateral knee osteoarthritis: comparison of early clinical outcomes, complications, and prosthesis survival
by: Kuishuai Xu, et al.
Published: (2024-10-01)

Perioperative Differences Between Outpatient and Inpatient Pathways Following Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
by: Mark H.F. Keulen, MD, et al.
Published: (2024-04-01)

Perioperative Outcomes of Simultaneous Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty in Elderly Indian Patients: A Retrospective Study
by: Yogesh Chaudhari, et al.
Published: (2025-07-01)

Outpatient total knee and hip arthroplasty present comparable and even better clinical outcomes than inpatient operation
by: Song Gong, et al.
Published: (2022-09-01)

Implementation of Outpatient Total Joint Arthroplasty in Canada: Where We are and Where We Need to Go
by: Zomar BO, et al.
Published: (2020-02-01)

Simultaneous vs Staged Procedures for Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty: Reduced Infection, Cost, and Readmission Rates Associated With Simultaneous Procedures
by: Aaron Singh, BA, et al.
Published: (2025-02-01)

Knee Arthropathy and Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty Ratio in Hemophilia A Patients
by: Levent Bayam, et al.
Published: (2019-09-01)

First Reported Series of Outpatient Total Knee Arthroplasty in the Middle East
by: Muthana M. Sartawi, MD, et al.
Published: (2020-12-01)

The Differential Effect of COVID on Total Joint Arthroplasty Between Hospital and Ambulatory Surgery Centers/Hospital Outpatient Departments: A Michigan Arthroplasty Registry Collaborative Quality Initiative Analysis
by: Dexter Powell, MD, et al.
Published: (2023-10-01)

Outpatient hip and knee arthroplasty: how is it utilized?
by: Kirill Gromov, et al.
Published: (2023-10-01)

Uncompromised total knee arthroplasty function after distal femoral osteotomy: a self-matched study of bilateral total knee arthroplasties following unilateral osteotomy with a mean 32-year follow-up
by: Sean C. Clark, et al.
Published: (2024-11-01)

Willingness to repeat discharge on day of surgery after hip and knee arthroplasty
by: Oddrún Danielsen, et al.
Published: (2025-09-01)

Comparing Inpatient Complication Rates between Octogenarians and Nonagenarians following Primary and Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty in a Nationally Representative Sample, 2010–2014
by: Eric L Smith, et al.
Published: (2018-12-01)

Robotic total knee arthroplasty safely reduces length of stay in an Asian public healthcare system
by: Kai C. A. Chan, et al.
Published: (2025-01-01)

Acute Anterior Dislocation in a Total Knee Arthroplasty Patient With a History of Sarcoma Resection
by: Junya Hara, MD, et al.
Published: (2022-02-01)

Postoperative Pain and Blood Loss of Non-use Compared to Partial-use of a Tourniquet in Bilateral Total Knee Replacement: A Randomized Control Trial
by: Thada Wipatasinlapin, et al.
Published: (2025-06-01)

Single-dose lidocaine spinal anesthesia in hip and knee arthroplasty
by: Nicholas B. Frisch, MD, MBA, et al.
Published: (2018-06-01)

The interval between staged bilateral total knee arthroplasties does not affect early complications of the second knee or long-term function of the first and second knees
by: Feng Ji, et al.
Published: (2024-05-01)

A meta-analysis of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty revised to total knee arthroplasty versus primary total knee arthroplasty
by: Xuedong Sun, et al.
Published: (2018-06-01)

Knee Scores of Patients with Non‐Lateral Compartmental Knee Osteoarthritis Undergoing Mobile, Fixed‐Bearing Unicompartmental Knee and Total Knee Arthroplasties: A Randomized Controlled Trial
by: Li‐ping Wu, et al.
Published: (2022-01-01)

Al-Jala Hospital Experience on Total Knee Arthroplasty
by: Salah Bayio, et al.
Published: (2018-06-01)

Predictors of subsequent contralateral total knee arthroplasty in moderate-to-severe bilateral medial knee osteoarthritis
by: Naohisa Miyatake, et al.
Published: (2023-12-01)

An Increase in Same-day Discharge After Total Joint Arthroplasty During the COVID-19 Pandemic Does Not Influence Patient Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis
by: Brook A. Mitchell, BS, et al.
Published: (2023-04-01)

Does robotic arm-assisted total knee arthroplasty have a role to play in large deformities?
by: Vermorel Pierre-Henri, et al.
Published: (2024-01-01)

The utility of robotic-assisted surgery in total knee arthroplasty for moderate and severe valgus deformities: a case series
by: Charles Poh Thean Ang, et al.
Published: (2025-02-01)

Comparison of simultaneous bilateral versus unilateral total knee replacement on pain levels and functional recovery
by: Ahmad H. Alghadir, et al.
Published: (2020-04-01)

Surgical Fear and Related Factors Before Total Knee Arthroplasty
by: Esra Kuşçu, et al.
Published: (2025-07-01)

A systematic comparative analysis of gait characteristics in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: a review study
by: Ming Zhang, et al.
Published: (2024-12-01)

Patient perceptions regarding ambulatory knee arthroplasties in China
by: Guanghui Zhao, et al.
Published: (2025-06-01)

Medial Patellar Instability Following Total Knee Arthroplasty
by: Joseph P. Barbera, MD, et al.
Published: (2024-12-01)

The feasibility of achieving Elective Care Framework targets for total hip arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty in Northern Ireland
by: Alistair I. W. Mayne, et al.
Published: (2022-04-01)

Comparison of early curative effects of lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty with total knee arthroplasty and the legacy constrained condylar knee arthroplasty in the treatment of isolated lateral osteoarthritis: a single-center retrospective study
by: Hui Yu, et al.
Published: (2024-09-01)

A Not-So-Pleasant Surprise: Ochronotic Knee Encountered During Primary Arthroplasty
by: Bana Awad, et al.
Published: (2025-05-01)

Comparative study of simultaneous and staged bilateral total knee arthroplasty: is age a key factor in surgical outcomes?
by: Mustafa Yalin, et al.
Published: (2024-11-01)

Assessment of Patient Satisfaction and Outcomes After Outpatient Joint Arthroplasty in Academic Medical Centers
by: Soham Ghoshal, BA, et al.
Published: (2023-12-01)

Results of total knee arthroplasty for painless, stiff knees
by: Young-Joon Choi, et al.
Published: (2020-11-01)