Should Medicare Remove Total Knee Arthroplasty From Its Inpatient Only List? A Total Knee Arthroplasty Is Not a Partial Knee Arthroplasty

TKA procedure in the Medicare population is an independent risk factor for increased complications and LOS compared to UKA. Policymakers should use caution extrapolating UKA data to TKA patients and recognize the inherent disparities between the 2 procedures.