Estimating the burden of total knee replacement in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the last decade, the number of total knee replacements performed annually in the United States has doubled, with disproportionate increases among younger adults. While total knee replacement is a highly effective treatment for end-stage knee osteoarthritis, total knee replacement recipients can experience persistent pain and severe complications. We are aware of no current estimates of the prevalence of total knee replacement among adults in the U.S.

Methods

We used the Osteoarthritis Policy Model, a validated computer simulation model of knee osteoarthritis, and data on annual total knee replacement utilization to estimate the prevalence of primary and revision total knee replacement among adults fifty years of age or older in the U.S. We combined these preval

SUBMITTER: Weinstein AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3748969 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature