Patients’ Expectations Impact Their Satisfaction following Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty

摘要

IntroductionThe objective of this study was to assess the number and magnitude of preoperative expectations and to correlate them with the degree of satisfaction expressed one year after Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) or Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA), in patients with severe and painful osteoarthritis (OA).