Do why Patients Participate in Sports Activities After Total Knee Arthroplasty?
The perceived reasons and patient factors hindering regular sports activities after TKA were not restricted to problems with the replaced knee. Nonetheless, orthopaedic surgeons may have a substantial role in encouraging patients to participate in sports by resolving joint-related problems. Furthermore, this study supports the notion that a multidisciplinary approach is needed to improve sports participation after surgery.
Our data suggest that the prognostic accuracy of the 2002 pT2 tumor classification can be further improved by subclassifying patients with tumors greater than 7 and less than 10 cm into a pT2a category, and those with tumors 10 cm or greater into a pT2b category.