Explanatory factors for the survival benefit among hip and knee arthroplasty patients with osteoarthritis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Studies have shown that osteoarthritis patients who underwent a primary total hip or knee arthroplasty (THA/TKA) experience better survival than the general population, yet there is limited evidence explaining this counter-intuitive difference. We investigated whether this better survival is also present in the Netherlands and to what extent it could be explained by a patient selection effect, whereby patients with more favorable health and socioeconomic status (SES) are more likely to receive THA/TKA.

Design

In this registry-based study, we compared the survival, health and SES of THA/TKA osteoarthritis patients to those of the general Dutch population. The patient cohort included 224,785 THA and 198,691 TKA patients who underwent an arthroplasty between 2010-2020

SUBMITTER: Heijdra Suasnabar JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11925170 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature