A knee registry that tracks recovery hard, then checks in lightly to year five
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Most knee follow-up either stops at discharge or tries to chase patients forever with forms nobody finishes. Neither gives you a recovery curve you can trust.
We are designing a shared schedule with knee surgeons who already use Patient Watch: denser questionnaires in year one while scores are still moving, then a light annual check to year five, then stop. Same rhythm across arthroplasty, sports, and patellofemoral care - just swap the main PROM (Oxford, IKDC, or Kujala) and keep EQ-5D and satisfaction alongside.
If you operate on knees and have a view on this, get in touch.
For surgeons and patients
Minimal admin
Add follow-up in seconds: scan, send, done. No clipboard queue in the room.
- QR code = Saved clinic time
- 85% engagement = Audit-ready data
- 9/10 would recommend = Happy patients
Maximum engagement
Familiar PROMs on their own phone, with live charts after every touchpoint.
- See recovery in realtime
- Smart reminders = 85% engagement
- Personalised care = 9/10 would recommend
Right tools, publishable curves
OKS, IKDC, or Kujala plus EQ-5D on schedule. Light follow-up to year 5, then stop. Honest recovery and durability for prognosis, audit, and manuscripts.
Quality of Life
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Average EQ-5D-5L score increased at 12m
Treatment Satisfaction
Percentage satisfied or very satisfied at 12m
New operation rate
Percentage who received further treatment within 24m
Oxford Knee Score (example recovery)
Example analytics for proposal pages, not live Patient Watch data.
Schedules by pathway
Each row is the PROM pack for that visit. Grouped rows share the same forms at each timepoint in the band. Return to sport applies on the IKDC track only. No routine follow-up after year 5.
Arthroplasty
The Oxford Knee Score is the standard patient-reported measure for knee arthroplasty: pain, function, and ordinary activities after primary, revision, or partial replacement.
- Baseline
- Months 3, 6 & 9
- 12 moPrimary endpoint
- Year 2, 3 & 4Annual
- Year 5Primary endpoint
Sports & soft tissue
IKDC subjective knee is widely used in sports medicine: symptoms, sport and daily function after ligament, meniscal, cartilage, and multi-ligament knee procedures.
- Baseline
- Months 3, 6 & 9
- 12 moPrimary endpoint
- Year 2, 3 & 4Annual
- Year 5Primary endpoint
Patellofemoral
The Kujala anterior knee pain scale fits patellofemoral pathways: pain and function around the kneecap after instability surgery, realignment, or isolated patellofemoral joint replacement.
- Baseline
- Months 3, 6 & 9
- 12 moPrimary endpoint
- Year 2, 3 & 4Annual
- Year 5Primary endpoint
Guy built Patient Watch at Imperial College London for his father, an orthopaedic surgeon. Today, NHS and private clinics use Patient Watch to automate questionnaire schedules, track patient recovery after injections and surgery, and collect real-world clinical evidence.
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