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Table 7 The questions answered by knee surgeons in the survey

From: How do orthopaedic surgeons inform their patients before knee arthroplasty surgery? A cross-sectional study

No.

Question text

1

Do you use written information with clear text about risks, complications and benefits of TKA surgery?

2

Do you use oral information with clear text about risks, complications and benefits of TKA surgery?

3

How many years do you work with Knee arthroplasty?

4

How many primary TKA do you operate per year?

5

How many knee revision arthroplasty do you operate per year?

6

The percentage of working with knee surgery: a. 100% knee specialist b. 75% c. 50% D. 25%

7

Do you ask patients about their expectations?

8

Do you inform patient that about 20% of patients are not satisfied after TKA surgery despite the absence of obvious explanation?

9

If you get a patient with severe knee pain, mild radiological arthrosis, large desire to be operated and the patient has anxiety/depression. How often do you proceed with surgery?

10

Do you enquire routinely about psychiatric history?

11

If you realize that patient suffering from depression/anxiety, do you consult psychiatrist before proceeding with surgery?

12

Do you use a psychiatric enquiry sheet for evaluation of psychiatric problems?

13

If you use a psychiatric enquiry which reveal depression or anxiety, do you control that patient received firstly psychiatric treatment

14

Do you think that psychiatric problem play some role in the results?

15

Many of dissatisfied patients describe a pain. What do you think generally the most important reason to the pain if we excluded radiating pain

16

What do you think about the single most important reason that patient is dissatisfied after TKA

  1. The table shows the English translated version of the questionnaire which was sent to the Swedish knee surgeons