Is referral to emergency care practitioners by general practitioners in-hours effective?
There is little value in a PCT commissioning this service as they will pay twice and care must be taken in accepting new referral streams into existing services.
The aetiology of TKA failure has an effect on the improvement in knee function from revision TKA. As no difference was observed between patient groups postoperatively, similar clinical results can be expected independent of the aetiology of primary TKA failure.