Association between outpatient follow-up and incidence of revision after knee and hip replacements: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Follow-up visits 5 or 7 years after surgery were recommended for people having primary hip or knee replacement. The benefits of this practice to patients and the healthcare system, however, have not yet been specifically examined. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between long-term follow-up outpatient hospital visits and revision rates for patients who undergo primary knee or hip replacement surgery.

Methods

Cohorts were identified for patients undergoing knee or hip replacement surgery using medical records from primary care practices within the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) GOLD dataset linked to hospital records from the English Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) data. Two groups of patients were compared in terms of revi

SUBMITTER: Pinedo-Villanueva R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9906879 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature