Total Knee Arthroplasty in the Younger Patient

The rate of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) utilization in younger patients ( r ) and statistical comparisons were made using Student t -test and chi-square analysis. The young cohort accounted for 38.4% of TKAs performed from 2001 to 2005, increasing to 42.7% of TKAs from 2006 to 2010. They had a higher percentage of males (36.4 vs. 34.2%, p p p p p p p