Les personnes qui attendent une intervention chirurgicale ressentent souvent des douleurs, certaines subissent des pertes économiques et risquent d'endommager d'autres articulations qui tentent de compenser la faiblesse de l'articulation atteinte.
Individuals who are waiting for surgery are frequently in pain; some suffer economic loss and risk damaging other joints that try to compensate for the weakness in the one joint.