Rodriguez-Merchan E Carlos
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, La Paz University Hospital-IdiPaz, Madrid 28046, Spain.
World J Orthop. 2024 Apr 18;15(4):310-311. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v15.i4.310.
In this editorial I comment on the article by Ahmed published in a recent issue of the 2023; 14: 784-790. It is well known that patients who have undergone a liver transplant (LT) may need to have a total hip arthroplasty (THA) or total knee arthroplasty (TKA) implanted. Ahmed et al stated that the mortality rate in these patients was similar to the one of the general population. However, there are three articles previously published that found higher mortality in LT patients who experienced THA/TKA than in the general population (individuals without LT). Therefore, in this Editorial I would like to point out that there is controversy in the literature regarding whether LT patients undergoing THA/TKA have higher mortality than the general population. Therefore, future research should attempt to resolve this controversy.
在这篇社论中,我对艾哈迈德发表于《[期刊名称]》2023年第14卷第784 - 790页的文章进行评论。众所周知,接受过肝移植(LT)的患者可能需要植入全髋关节置换术(THA)或全膝关节置换术(TKA)。艾哈迈德等人指出,这些患者的死亡率与普通人群相似。然而,之前有三篇发表的文章发现,经历过THA/TKA的肝移植患者的死亡率高于普通人群(未接受肝移植的个体)。因此,在这篇社论中,我想指出,关于接受THA/TKA的肝移植患者的死亡率是否高于普通人群,文献中存在争议。所以,未来的研究应尝试解决这一争议。