TY - JOUR
T1 - The Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry
AU - Graves, Stephen E.
AU - Davidson, David
AU - Ingerson, Lisa
AU - Ryan, Philip
AU - Griffith, Elizabeth C.
AU - McDermott, Brian F J
AU - McElroy, Heather J.
AU - Pratt, Nicole L.
PY - 2004/3/1
Y1 - 2004/3/1
N2 - ■ In the financial year ending June 2002, 26 689 hip replacements and 26 089 knee replacements (total, 52 778) were performed in Australia. ■ Hip and knee replacement procedures have increased between 5%-10% each year for the past 10 years, with a combined increase in hip and knee replacement of 13.4% in the past year. ■ The revision rate for hip replacement surgery in Australia is unknown but is estimated to be 20%-24%; the revision rate for hip replacement surgery in Sweden is 7%. ■ Although data collection for the Registry is voluntary, it has 100% compliance from hospitals undertaking joint-replacement surgery.
AB - ■ In the financial year ending June 2002, 26 689 hip replacements and 26 089 knee replacements (total, 52 778) were performed in Australia. ■ Hip and knee replacement procedures have increased between 5%-10% each year for the past 10 years, with a combined increase in hip and knee replacement of 13.4% in the past year. ■ The revision rate for hip replacement surgery in Australia is unknown but is estimated to be 20%-24%; the revision rate for hip replacement surgery in Sweden is 7%. ■ Although data collection for the Registry is voluntary, it has 100% compliance from hospitals undertaking joint-replacement surgery.
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U2 - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb05911.x
DO - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb05911.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 14984361
AN - SCOPUS:1542330054
VL - 180
SP - S31-S34
JO - The Medical journal of Australia
JF - The Medical journal of Australia
SN - 0025-729X
IS - 5 SUPPL.
ER -