Cost of Revision Total Knee Replacement: A Protocol for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A major limitation of total knee replacement (TKR), as with other joint replacements, is the risk of revision. Revision TKR is associated with high risk and economic burden to patients, healthcare providers, and societies. It will be worthwhile to assess the economic burden of revision TKR across countries or different study settings. This study aims to review the literature on the cost of revision TKR to assess costs across countries and studies, estimate a pooled cost estimate for homogenous data, and identify major cost components that contribute to the cost burden.

Methods

We will conduct a search of the MEDLINE (OvidSp), EMBASE, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, EconLit, and Google Scholar databases to identify relevant studies, and will use an optimally desi

SUBMITTER: Okafor CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8160044 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature