Most Military Arthroplasty Surgeons Have a Low Volume Practice in the Military Health System.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of this study is to investigate hospital and surgeon joint arthroplasty volume in the Military Health System (MHS). A secondary aim is to look at interruption in physician practice during the study period.

Methods

Review of all patients undergoing hip or knee arthroplasty in the MHS over >5-year period to examine hospital and surgeon volume for total joint arthroplasty (TJA). We stratified hospital and surgeon volume into low, medium, and high volumes.

Results

Fifty surgeons performed at least 50 hip and/or knee arthroplasties during this period. These surgeons accounted for 75% of TJA in the MHS. When stratified by cases per year, the median primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) per year was 31.4 and primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) was 47.

SUBMITTER: Formby PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10877328 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature