Pain medicine : the official journal of the American Academy of Pain Medicine
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The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of major depressive disorder, both preoperatively and one year postoperatively, on the functional and psychosocial outcomes of total knee arthroplasty (TKA). ⋯ Depression was associated with poorer preoperative and postoperative TKA scores. Patients who were depressed 12 months after surgery demonstrated poorer recovery than patients who did not show depressive symptoms before TKA or within the year after.
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Editorial Comment
Rational vs Ritualistic Medicine: Is it Time to Abandon the Skin Wheal?