Introduction
osteoarthritis, end stage, OA, pain
OSTEOARTHRITIS
While total knee replacement is an overall successful procedure for pain relief and improvement of mobility in patients suffering from end stage osteoarthritis (OA), literature still reports up to 30% of patients not being satisfied with their post-operative outcome [Other research has shown that certain personality constructs have positive or negative impact on the outcome in a variety of health problems and the overall mortality [