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ArticleActa orthopaedica2024

Smoking is associated with higher short-term risk of revision and mortality following primary hip or knee arthroplasty: a cohort study of 272,640 patients from the Dutch Arthroplasty Registry.

Joris Bongers, Maartje Belt, Anneke Spekenbrink-Spooren, Katrijn Smulders, B Willem Schreurs, Sander Koeter

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  1. Do smokers achieve the same clinically meaningful improvement after total hip arthroplasty?European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2026
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Joris BongersDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Canisius Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. joris.bongers1@gmail.com.
Maartje BeltDepartment of Research and Innovation, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen.
Anneke Spekenbrink-SpoorenDutch Arthroplasty Register (Landelijke Registratie Orthopedische Interventies), 's-Hertogenbosch.
Katrijn SmuldersDepartment of Research and Innovation, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen.
B Willem SchreursDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen; Dutch Arthroplasty Register (Landelijke Registratie Orthopedische Interventies), 's-Hertogenbosch.
Sander KoeterDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Canisius Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

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6 · The paper itself

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background and purposePatients actively smoking at the time of primary hip or knee arthroplasty are at increased risk of direct perioperative complications. We investigated the association between smoking status and risk of revision and mortality within 2 years following hip or knee arthroplasty.

methodsWe used prospectively collected data from the Dutch Arthroplasty Register. All primary total hip arthroplasties (THAs), total knee arthroplasties (TKAs), and unicondylar knee arthroplasties (UKAs) with > 2 years' follow-up were included (THA: n = 140,336; TKA: n = 117,497; UKA: n = 14,807). We performed multivariable Cox regression analyses to calculate hazard risks for differences between smokers and non-smokers, while adjusting for confounders (aHR).

resultsThe smoking group had higher risk of revision (THA: aHR 1.3, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.1-1.4 and TKA: aHR 1.4, CI 1.3-1.6) and risk of mortality (THA: aHR 1.4, CI 1.3-1.6 and TKA: aHR 1.4, CI 1.2-1.6). Following UKA, smokers had a higher risk of mortality (aHR 1.7, CI 1.0-2.8), but no differences in risk of revision were observed. The smoking group had a higher risk of revision for infection following TKA (aHR 1.3, CI 1.0-1.6), but not following THA (aHR 1.0, CI 0.8-1.2).

conclusionThis study showed that the risk of revision and mortality is higher for smokers than for non-smokers in the first 2 years following THA and TKA. Smoking could contribute to complications following primary hip or knee arthroplasty.

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Arthroplasty, Replacement, HipArthroplasty, Replacement, KneeCohort StudiesHumansRegistriesReoperationRisk FactorsSmoking

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