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Chapter 6 86 Table 4. Literature overview on outpatient knee arthroplasty pathways. Author(s) N Arthroplasty Study design In-/exclusion criteria Berger et al. 2005 [5] 50 TKA Case series Primary TKA without history of prior open knee surgery, between 50-80 years of age / history <1year of myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism or anticoagulation therapy Berger et al. 2009 [4] 111 UKA and TKA Case series None Cross and Berger 2014 [8] 105 UKA Case series None Dervin et al. 2012 [10] 24 UKA Case series ASA I&II, caregiver the first 3-4 days, understanding post operative analgesia regimen / major systemic illness, ASA>II, chronic pain or opioid consumption, contraindications to FNB and residence outside the catchments area of homecare services. Gondusky et al. 2014 [13] 160 UKA Case series Cardiac clearance, ASA I-III, social situation and home environment needed to be deemed safe with adequate aid of a caregiver available / cognitive issues and not capable of complying with the peri- operative protocol