Women recover faster than men after standard knee arthroplasty.

  • Thoralf R Liebs
  • Wolfgang Herzberg
  • Annette Maria Roth-Kroeger
  • Wolfgang Rüther
  • Joachim Hassenpflug

Abstract

Specific anatomic differences are believed to account for gender-specific function and health-related quality of life after TKA. However, there are conflicting data in the literature regarding these gender-specific outcomes, especially as woman appear to have surgery later in the course of the disease compared with men.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number10
ISSN0009-921X
Publication statusPublished - 2011
pubmed 21698485