Wait times increasing for hip and knee replacement

Hip and knee replacement.

OBJECTIVES This article examines trends in hip and knee replacement surgery between 1981/82 and 1998/99, focussing on procedures involving seniors. It also presents 1998/99 data on readmissions within 30 days. DATA SOURCES Data on hip and knee replacement are from the Hospital Morbidity Database for 1981/82 through 1998/99. The Person-oriented Information Database is used to examine readmissi...

The wait for total hip replacement in patients with osteoarthritis.

OBJECTIVES We documented the following components of waiting time for total hip replacement (THR): first surgical consultation, date of decision to operate and date of surgery. We then explored whether these intervals differed by age, sex, occupation or quality-of-life score. METHODS We used a cross-sectional design and collected the primary data from patients 2 to 4 weeks before they underwe...

MR imaging after hip and knee replacement.

BACKGROUND Diffusion-weighted (DW) imaging abnormalities often develop in patients after invasive procedures associated with cerebral microembolism. Cerebral microembolism has recently been shown during orthopedic surgery. We here examine the effects of intraoperative microembolism on acute magnetic resonance(MR) imaging in patients undergoing hip and knee replacement. METHODS We enrolled 24 ...

Devolution of hip and knee replacement surgery?

The objectives of this study were to assess trends in referral patterns for joint replacements (JRs) in Ontario between the fiscal year 1988/89 and the fiscal year 1993/94; to assess the redistribution of financial resources if services were provided to residents in the region where they reside; and to estimate the financial implications of the devolution of primary JRs from tertiary-care hospi...

Without Explicit Targets, Does France Meet Minimum Volume Thresholds for Hip and Knee Replacement and Bariatric Surgeries?