Rates of knee arthroplasty in patients with a history of arthroscopic chondroplasty: results from a retrospective cohort study utilising the National Hospital Episode Statistics for England.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this study was to analyse the rate of knee arthroplasty in the population of patients with a history of arthroscopic chondroplasty of the knee, in England, over 10 years, with comparison to general population data for patients without a history of chondroplasty.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

English Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data.

Participants and interventions

Patients undergoing arthroscopic chondroplasty in England between 2007/2008 and 2016/2017 were identified. Patients undergoing previous arthroscopic knee surgery or simultaneous cruciate ligament reconstruction or microfracture in the same knee were excluded.

Outcomes

Patients subsequently undergoing a knee arthroplasty in the same knee were identified

SUBMITTER: Abram SGF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7200031 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature