Association between immigration status and total knee arthroplasty outcomes in Ontario, Canada: a population-based matched cohort study

CONCLUSION: Compared with Canadian-born patients, immigrants and refugees have favourable surgical outcomes and similar rates of resource utilization after TKA. We observed an underutilization of these procedures in Ontario relative to their proportion of the population. This may reflect differences in perceptions of chronic pain or barriers accessing arthroplasty.PMID:38729643 | PMC:PMC11090629 | DOI:10.1503/cjs.013723

Source: Canadian Journal of Surgery - May 10, 2024 Category: Surgery Authors: Johnathan R Lex Daniel Pincus J Michael Paterson Jessica Widdifield Harman Chaudhry Rob Fowler Gillian Hawker Bheeshma Ravi Source Type: research