Quality of outcome data in knee arthroplasty
| Autor: | Gerold Labek, Daniel Cupak, David B. Lumenta, Nikolaus Boehler, Christof Pabinger, Andrea Berghold |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry media_common.quotation_subject medicine.medical_treatment Outcome measures MEDLINE General Medicine Outcome assessment Arthroplasty medicine Physical therapy Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Surgery Quality (business) Revision rate Outcome data Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty business media_common |
| Zdroj: | Acta Orthopaedica. 86:58-62 |
| ISSN: | 1745-3682 1745-3674 |
| Popis: | Background and purpose — Recent reports on developer bias in unicondylar knee arthroplasty led to concerns about quality of publications regarding knee implants. We therefore compared revision rates of registry and non-registry studies from the beginning of knee arthroplasty up to the present. We assessed the time interval between market introduction of an implant and emergence of reliable data in non-registry studies. Material and methods — We systematically reviewed registry studies (n = 6) and non-registry studies (n = 241) on knee arthroplasty published in indexed, peer-reviewed international scientific journals. The main outcome measure was revision rate per 100 observed component years. Results and interpretation — For 82% of the 34 knee implants assessed, revision data from non-registry studies are either absent or poor. 91% of all studies were published in the second and third decade after market introduction. Only 5% of all studies and 1% of all revisions were published in the first decade. The f... |
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