Geographical variation in the provision of elective primary hip and knee replacement: the role of socio-demographic, hospital and distance variables.

Equity in access to total joint replacement of the hip and knee in England: cross sectional study

OBJECTIVE To explore geographical and sociodemographic factors associated with variation in equity in access to total hip and knee replacement surgery. DESIGN Combining small area estimates of need and provision to explore equity in access to care. SETTING English census wards. SUBJECTS Patients throughout England who needed total hip or knee replacement and numbers who received surgery. ...

Knee and Hip Joint Replacement Surgery in a Patient with Ochronotic Arthropathy: Surgical Tips

Ochronosis or black joints disorder is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by deficiency of homogentisic acidoxidase. Orthopaedic manifestations are common and mostly involve spine and large joints such as knee and hip.Arthropathy is progressive and will eventually leads to arthroplasty. Not being familiar with this disorder might lead todevastating complications. We present a 57 year-ol...

Variability in costs associated with total hip and knee replacement implants.

BACKGROUND Implant costs associated with total hip replacement and total knee replacement procedures account for a large share of total costs and reimbursements to hospitals. Federal policymakers are promoting episode-of-care payment and other value-based delivery and payment reforms in part to encourage physicians and hospitals to cooperate in managing costs for these and other procedures. The...

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

Prophylactic antibiotics in elective hip and knee arthroplasty: an analysis of organisms reported to cause infections and National survey of clinical practice.

OBJECTIVES We wanted to investigate regional variations in the organisms reported to be causing peri-prosthetic infections and to report on prophylaxis regimens currently in use across England. METHODS Analysis of data routinely collected by Public Health England's (PHE) national surgical site infection database on elective primary hip and knee arthroplasty procedures between April 2010 and M...