ArticleInternational orthopaedics2013
Application and surgical technique of total knee arthroplasties: a systematic comparative analysis using worldwide registers.
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- Higher use of fixed-bearing over mobile-bearing and posterior-stabilized over medial pivot designs in total knee arthroplasty (TKA): a systematic comparative analysis using worldwide arthroplasty registers from England and Wales, Australia, Norway, New Zealand, Germany and Switzerland.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2023Article
- Patellar Resurfacing in Total Knee Arthroplasty, a Never-Ending Controversy; Case Report and Literature Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Effect of patella resurfacing on functional outcome and revision rate in primary total knee arthroplasty (Review).Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2022Review
- Application and Surgical Technique of ACL Reconstruction Using Worldwide Registry Datasets: What Can We Extract?Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2021Article
- Controversy: supporting patellar resurfacing in total knee arthroplasty - do it.EFORT open reviews · 2020Review
- Trends and Economic Impact of Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in Central Europe: Findings from the Austrian National Database.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Impact of preoperative antithrombotic therapy on blood management after implantation of primary total knee arthroplasty.Scientific reports · 2016Article
- Gender-specific outcome after implantation of low-contact-stress mobile-bearing total knee arthroplasty with a minimum follow-up of ten years.International orthopaedics · 2014Article
- The patella in total knee arthroplasty: to resurface or not is the question.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2014Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this study was to compare total knee arthroplasty (TKA) procedures between different countries with regard to epidemiological data and surgical technique by reference to the worldwide arthroplasty registers.
methodsA systematic search was carried out using the EFORT website to identify the relevant arthroplasty registers. We extracted data with respect to the number of implanted TKAs, patients' age distribution, procedure types, and revision rates. After identification of 28 national arthroplasty registers, 11 offered sufficient data regarding the above mentioned parameters and were therefore included in the final analysis.
resultsA large variation was found in the annual number of primary TKA implantations per inhabitant with a reported range from 30 to 199 per 100,000 (mean 106). The fixation method varied strongly between the different registers as well, e.g. 90 % of totally cemented TKAs in Sweden, England and Wales, Slovakia, and New Zealand versus 54 % cemented fixation in Australia. Another significant difference between included countries was observed with respect to the use of patellar resurfacing in TKA. Whilst the Danish knee arthroplasty register reports a percentage of 72 % using a patellar button in TKA the register from Norway reports only a minority of 2 %.
conclusionsThe comparison of arthroplasty registers revealed large differences regarding the annual number of primary TKAs per inhabitant and primary TKA procedure types. These variations may be explained by several factors such as patient demographics (prevalence of osteoarthritis) and national conditions such as healthcare systems (insurance status), number or availability of performing surgeons, medical facilities and surgeon-dependent factors such as definition of indications, education, tradition and experience.
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