Increasing incidence of primary shoulder arthroplasty in Finland - a nationwide registry study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The incidence of shoulder arthroplasties is reportedly increasing and the types of arthroplasty are changing. The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence of primary shoulder arthroplasty in Finland.

Methods

We analyzed nationwide data from the Finnish Arthroplasty Register (FAR) and the Finnish National Hospital Discharge Register (NHDR) during time period 2004-2015. The primary outcome variable was the incidence of shoulder arthroplasty per 100,000 person-years stratified by age, sex and year of surgery. The secondary outcome variables were surgical indication, arthroplasty type and prosthesis model.

Results

The number of primary shoulder arthroplasties was 7504 (women = 4878, men = 2625). The rate of operations increased from 6 to 15 per 10

SUBMITTER: Harjula JNE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6054850 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature