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. 2025 Aug 1;15(8):7656-7662.
doi: 10.21037/qims-2024-2546. Epub 2025 Jul 11.

Accelerated knee osteoarthritis: a case description and literature analysis

Weipeng Xie  1   2 , Zhi Yang  2 , Kang Liu  3 , Sicheng Wang  1 , Shouye Hu  2
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Accelerated knee osteoarthritis: a case description and literature analysis

Weipeng Xie et al. Quant Imaging Med Surg. .
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Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at https://qims.amegroups.com/article/view/10.21037/qims-2024-2546/coif). All authors report that this study was supported by the General Program of Talent Cultivation of Xi’an Municipal Commission of Health Planning (2021ms10) and Osteoarthritis Risk Factor Screening and Clinical Translation Innovative Team (No. 2024RS-CXTD-86). The authors have no other conflicts of interest to declare.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Radiographic and clinical progression of bilateral knee osteoarthritis with total knee arthroplasty: from mild to severe degeneration and postoperative outcomes. (A-C) Mild degenerative changes in both knee joints, the right knee (K-L grade III) and left knee (K-L grade I or II), as shown on the radiographs taken at the local hospital 1.5 years ago; (D-F) severe degenerative changes in both knee joints as shown on the radiographs taken after admission to the hospital (K-L grade IV), with the right knee being the heaviest; (G,H) intraoperative photographs during knee flexion and extension; (I) two tubes of joint fluid withdrawn intraoperatively; (J-L) a 29-month postoperative radiograph of the TKA. K-L, Kellgren-Lawrence; TKA, total knee arthroplasty.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Treatment process. AKOA, accelerated knee osteoarthritis; KSS, Knee Society Score; NGS, next-generation sequencing; TKA, total knee arthroplasty.
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