ISSN Print 2500–1094
ISSN Online 2542–1204
BIOMEDICAL JOURNAL OF PIROGOV UNIVERSITY (MOSCOW, RUSSIA)
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Osteoarthritis of the knee in the elderly: is knee replacement always justified?
About authors
Faculty of General Medicine, I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Andrey V. Garkavi
Trubetskaya 8, bld. 2, Moscow, 119991; ur.xednay@22ragva
About paper
Author contribution: Lychagin AV devised a KJDS scale, planned the study, performed arthroscopy and follow-up observation, processed and analyzed the data. Garkavi AV planned the study and proposed its design, performed arthroscopy, intraarticular injections and follow-up observation, processed and analyzed the data, and wrote the manuscript. Meshcheryakov VA performed arthroscopy, intraarticular injections and follow-up observation, surveyed the patients. Kaykov VS performed arthroscopy, intraarticular injections, and follow-up observation, surveyed the patients.
Received: 2018-09-13
Accepted: 2019-03-25
Published online: 2019-04-06
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Fig. 1. Indications for knee replacement based on the KJDS score in patients
who had been previously recommended to undergo TKR
Fig. 2. The distribution of patients based on therapeutic arthroscopy
Fig. 3. The attitude of patients who had no compelling indications for TKR to this
surgical intervention after completing the suggested treatment course
Fig. 4. The attitude of patients who had compelling indications for TKR to this
surgical intervention after completing the suggested treatment course
Fig. 5. The impact of arthroscopy on the attitude to TKR in patients with no compelling indication for TKR
Fig. 6. The impact of arthroscopy on the attitude to TKR in patients with compelling indications for TKR
Table 1. The evaluation of the severity of the knee joint dislocation syndrome (KJDS) expressed in points
Table 2. Patients’ attitude to TKR a year after completing the suggested treatment course
