AT WHAT TIME INTERVAL SHOULD A BILATERAL TOTAL KNEE REPLACMENT BE UNDERTAKEN? A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS USING PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURES

Background: The question, which remains unanswered, is should bilateral Total Knee Replacements (TKRs), be performed simultaneously or staged. If staged, what should the time interval be? To date, there is no peer reviewed evidence in the orthopaedic literature investigating whether the improvement in Patient Reported Outcome Scores (PROMs) are influenced by the duration of the interval between first and second TKR when different surgical strategies are used.