ArticleBritish journal of sports medicine2021
Lower nationwide rates of arthroscopic procedures in 2016 compared with 1997 (634925 total arthroscopic procedures): has the tide turned?
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- The growth of hip preservation as a speciality.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- "You're stuck in the middle here": a qualitative study of GPs' experiences of managing knee pain attributed to a degenerative meniscal tear.BMC primary care · 2023Article
- Arthroscopic Versus Open Treatment of Septic Wrist Arthritis: National Trends in Usage and Impact on Length of Stay, Reoperation, Postoperative Readmissions, and Complications.Journal of hand surgery global online · 2023Article
- Have Elbow Arthroscopy Hospitalizations Decreased over the Years? An Epidemiological Italian Study from 2001 to 2016.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy: did it ever work?Acta orthopaedica · 2021Article
- Rapid decline of yearly number of hip arthroscopies in Sweden: a retrospective time series of 6,105 hip arthroscopies based on a national patient data register.Acta orthopaedica · 2021Article
- Knee arthroscopy: evidence for a targeted approach.British journal of sports medicine · 2020Article
- When taking a step back is a veritable leap forward. Reversing decades of arthroscopy for managing joint pain: five reasons that could explain declining rates of common arthroscopic surgeries.British journal of sports medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo assess the rates and secular trends of different joint arthroscopies-shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee and ankle-in Finland between 1997 and 2016.
designRetrospective nationwide registry study.
participantsAll adults in Finland with any arthroscopic intervention procedure code for knee, shoulder, ankle, wrist, elbow or hip arthroscopy between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 2016 were included.
main outcome measuresIncidence rate of arthroscopic surgery per 100 000 person-years.
resultsThe rate of knee and shoulder arthroscopies declined after reaching a peak in 2006 and 2007, respectively. The rates of wrist, elbow and hip joint arthroscopies declined after their 2014 peak. At the same time, the median age of patients who had knee, ankle and hip arthroscopy decreased, whereas the age of patients who had shoulder arthroscopy increased.
conclusionsNumerous randomised controlled trials point to lack of efficacy of the most common knee and shoulder arthroscopic procedures. It should not be assumed that this has contributed to decreased rates of arthroscopic surgery. The concurrent decrease in most of the other joint arthroscopic procedures was unexpected.
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