Mortality and implant revision rates of hip arthroplasty in patients with osteoarthritis: registry based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine mortality and revision rates among patients with osteoarthritis undergoing hip arthroplasty and to compare these rates between patients undergoing cemented or uncemented procedures and to compare outcomes between men undergoing stemmed total hip replacements and Birmingham hip resurfacing.

Design

Cohort study.

Setting

National Joint Registry.

Population

About 275,000 patient records.

Main outcome measures

Hip arthroplasty procedures were linked to the time to any subsequent mortality or revision (implant failure). Flexible parametric survival analysis methods were used to analyse time to mortality and also time to revision. Comparisons between procedure groups were adjusted for age, sex, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) g

SUBMITTER: McMinn DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3375206 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature