Are TKAs Performed in High-volume Hospitals Less Likely to Undergo Revision Than TKAs Performed in Low-volume Hospitals?

CONCLUSIONS: We found a clear association of higher risk for revision surgery when undergoing a TKA in a hospital where less than 145 arthroplasties per year were performed. The study results could help practitioners to guide potential patients in hospitals that perform more TKAs to reduce the overall revision and complication rates. Furthermore, this study underscores the importance of a minimum hospital threshold of arthroplasty cases per year to get permission to perform an arthroplasty.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, therapeutic study.
PMID: 28801816 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research - August 11, 2017 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Jeschke E, Citak M, Günster C, Matthias Halder A, Heller KD, Malzahn J, Niethard FU, Schräder P, Zacher J, Gehrke T Tags: Clin Orthop Relat Res Source Type: research