New publication provides numerous examples of why the Oxford Arthroplasty Recovery Score (OARS) is a useful instrument for assessing early postoperative recovery in knee arthroplasty
12th July 2021
A recent publication in the Journal of Arthroplasty concludes with a number of examples of the performance of the Oxford Arthroplasty Recovery Score (OARS), namely:-
- The OARS has been proven to be a useful instrument in the assessment of the early postoperative period, which is poorly understood in literature.
- The OARS has also been shown to be useful in comparing interventions that might improve recovery.
- The OARS provides a multidimensional view of the recovery process, measuring clinically relevant factors that are easily assessed by patients.
This publication adds to the growing weight of evidence that the OARS and the sister measure, the Oxford Arthroplasty Change Score (OACS), are useful tools in monitoring patient’s recovery following hip or knee replacement surgery.
To quote Professor Oliver Pearce (FRCS, Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedics) “As surgeons, once our patients are discharged from our care following surgery, they enter a black hole where we lose sight of how they are progressing with their new hip or knee. The OARs and OACs are the assessment tools by which we can now monitor those patients that were previously invisible to us in the days and weeks immediately following hip or knee replacement surgery.“
To find out more about the OARS or OACS please visit their dedicated websites. Licences to use the OARS and OACS are available on request from the Clinical Outcomes team at Oxford University Innovation.
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