TY - JOUR AU - Plenge, Ulla AU - Parker, Romy AU - Davids, Shamiela AU - Davies, Gareth L. AU - Fullerton, Zahnne AU - Gray, Lindsay AU - Groenewald, Penelope AU - Isaacs, Refqah AU - Kauta, Ntambue AU - Louw, Frederik M. AU - Mazibuko, Andile AU - North, David M. AU - Nortje, Marc AU - Nunes, Glen M. AU - Pebane, Neo AU - Rajah, Chantal AU - Roos, John AU - Ryan, Paul AU - September, Winlecia V. AU - Shanahan, Heidi AU - Siebritz, Ruth E. AU - Smit, Rian W. AU - Sombili, Simon AU - Torborg, Alexandra AU - van der Merwe, Johan F. AU - van der Westhuizen, Nico AU - Biccard, Bruce PY - 2020 DA - 2020/11/05 TI - Quality of recovery after total hip and knee arthroplasty in South Africa: a national prospective observational cohort study JO - BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders SP - 721 VL - 21 IS - 1 AB - Encouraged by the widespread adoption of enhanced recovery protocols (ERPs) for elective total hip and knee arthroplasty (THA/TKA) in high-income countries, our nationwide multidisciplinary research group first performed a Delphi study to establish the framework for a unified ERP for THA/TKA in South Africa. The objectives of this second phase of changing practice were to document quality of patient recovery, record patient characteristics and audit standard perioperative practice. SN - 1471-2474 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-03752-x DO - 10.1186/s12891-020-03752-x ID - Plenge2020 ER -