Total elbow replacement in England: a protocol for analysis of National Joint Registry and Hospital Episode Statistics data.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Primary total elbow replacement (TER) services in England are being restructured with the goal of centralising care to specialised centres. It is important to monitor the impact of this service redesign. This protocol outlines an intended analysis to provide detailed descriptions of the patients who are receiving primary TER, where and by whom TER is being performed, and what the current surgical practices for TER are in England before the reconfiguration.

Methods

This analysis will use the National Joint Registry (NJR) elbow dataset and link it with NHS England Hospital Episode Statistics-Admitted Patient Care (HES-APC). It will include eligible patients from the start of the NJR elbow dataset in April 2012 to December 2022. The main objective is to determine t

SUBMITTER: Hamoodi Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11363632 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature