National Arthroplasty Registers in Scandinavia have proved to be an important and valid instrument to assess the long-term performance of joint arthroplasty procedures and to lead to an improvement in the long-term outcome of arthro-plasty [1–8]. Improved quality of joint arthroplasty effects a reduction of costs in public health care by avoiding revision surgery [9]. Starting with the Swedish National Knee Register (Lund, 1975) [10] and the Swedish National Hip Register (Gothenburg, 1979) they have had a high impact on Orthopaedic procedures in Scandinavia and worldwide.
In Sweden, for instance, the revision burden as an essential indicator could be substantially reduced. Due to data in the register, products with inferior performance such as Boneloc bone cement were rapidly detected [11]. The product was taken from the market wordwide in 1995. Moreover, the effects of procedures such as the mini-invasive approach, of operating experience [12] or the administration of antibiotics could be evaluated and, as a consequence, standardised improvements could be suggested.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Robertsson, O. Knee arthroplasty registers. JBJS-B 2007; 89-B:1–4.
Herberts P, Malchau H. Long-term registration has improved the quality of hip replacement: A review of the Swedish THR Register comparing 160,000 cases. Acta Orthop Scand 2000;71–2:111–21.
Herberts P, Malchau H. How outcome studies have changed total hip arthroplasty practices in Sweden. Clin Orthop 1997; 344:44–60.
Malchau H, Garrellick G, Eisler T, Karrholm J, Herberts P. Presidential guest address: The Swedish hip registry: Increasing the sensitivity by patient outcome data. Clin Orthop 2005;441:19–29.
Havelin LI, Engesaeter LB, Espehaug B, Furnes O, Lie SA, Vollset SE. The Norwegian arthroplasty register: 11 years and 73,000 arthroplasties. Acta Orthop Scand 2000;71(4): 337–53.
Robertsson O, Dunbar MJ, Knutson K, Lewold S, Lidgren L. The Swedish knee arthroplasty register. 25 years experience. Bull Hosp Jt Dis 1999;58(3):133–8.
Lucht U. The Danish hip arthroplasty register. Acta Orthop Scand 2000;71(5):433–9.
Puolakka TJ, Pajamaki KJ, Halonen PJ, Pulkinen PO, Paavolainen P, Nebelainen JK. The Finnish arthroplasty register: Report of the hip register. Acta Orthop Scand 2001; 72(5):433–41.
Furnes A, Lie SA, Havelin LI, Engesaeter LB, Vollset SE. The economic impact of failures in total hip replacement surgery. The Norwegian arthroplasty register 1987–1993. Acta Orthop Scand 1996;67:115–21.
Robertsson O, Lewold S, Knutson K, Lidgren L. The Swedish knee arthroplasty project. Acta Orthop Scand 2000; 71(1):7–18.
Furnes O, Lie SA, Havelin LI, Vollset SE, Engesaeter LB. Exeter and Charnley arthroplasties with boneloc or high viscosity cement. Comparison of 1127 arthroplasties followed for 5 years in the Norwegian arthroplasty register. Acta Orthop Scand 1997;68:515–20.
Espehaug B, Halelin LI, Engesaeter L, Vollset S. The effect of hospital-type and operating volume on the survival of hip replacements — A review of 39,505 primary total hip replacements reported to the Norwegian arthroplasty register, 1988–1996. Acta Orthop Scand 1999;70(1):12–18.
Pitto RP, Lang I, Kienapfel H, Willert HG. The German arthroplasty register. Acta Orthop Scand Suppl 2002;73(305): 30–3.
Pedersen AB, Johnsen SP, Overgaard S, Soballe K, Sorensen HT, Lucht U. Registration in the Danish Hip arthroplasty registry: Completeness of total hip arthroplasties and positive predictive value of registered diagnosis and postoperative complications. Acta Orthop Scand 2004;75(4):434–41.
Arthursson AJ, Furnes O, Espehaug B, Havelin LI, Soreide JA. Validation of data in the Norwegian arthroplasty register and the Norwegian patient register: 5,134 primary total hip arthroplasties and revisions operated at a single hospital between 1987 and 2003. Acta Orthop 2005;76(6):823–8.
Espehaug B, Furnes O, Havelin LI, Engesaeter LB, Vollset SE, Kindseth O. Registration completeness in the Norwegian arthroplasty register. Acta Orthop 2006;77(1):49–56.
Robertsson O, Dunbar M, Knutson K, Lewold S, Lidgren L. Validation of the Swedish knee arthroplasty register: A postal survey regarding 30,376 knees operated on between 1975 and 1995. Acta Orthop Scand 1999;70(5):467–72.
Sodermann P, Malchau H, Herberts P, Johnell O. Are the fi nd-ings in the Swedish National total hip arthroplasty register valid? A comparison between the Swedish National total hip arthroplasty register, the National discharge register, and the National death register. J Arthroplasty 2000;15(7):884–9.
Garrelik G, Malchau H, Herberts P. Survival of hip replacements. A comparison of a randomized trial and a registry. Clin Ortho 2000;(375):157–67.
Nikolajsen L, Brandsborg B, Lucht U, Jensen TS, Kehlet H. Chronic pain following total hip arthroplasty: A nationwide questionnaire study. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2006;50:495–500.
Robertsson O, Dunbar MJ, Knutson K, Lidgren L. Patient satisfaction after knee arthroplasty: A report on 27,372 knees operated on between 1981 and 1995 in Sweden. Acat Orthop Scand 2000;71(3):262–7.
Robertsson O, Ranstanm JP. No bias of ignored bilaterality when analysing the revision risk of knee prostheses: Analysis of a population based sample of 44,590 patients with 55,298 knee prostheses from the national Swedish knee arthroplasty register. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2003;4:1.
Espehaug B, Havelin LI, Engesaeter LB, Langeland N, Vollset SE. Patient satisfaction and function after primary and revision total hip replacement. Clin Orthop 1998; 351: 135.
Havelin LI, Espehaug B, Lie SA, Engesaeter LB, Furnes O, Vollset SE. Prospective studies of hip prostheses and cements. A presentation of the Norwegian arthroplasty register 1987–1999. Scientifi c exhibition presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, March 15–19, 2000, Orlando, USA.
Annual Report 2005. http://www.jru.orthop.gu.se/ (accessed 29/01/2007).
Lohmander LS, Engesaeter LB, Herberts P, Ingvarsson T, Lucht U, Puolakka TJ. Standardized incidence rates of total hip replacement for primary hip osteoarthritis in the 5 Nordic countries: Similarities and differences. Acta Orthop 2006; 77(5):733–40.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2009 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Böhler, N., Labek, G. (2009). Current Status of Arthroplasty Registers in Europe. In: Bentley, G. (eds) European Instructional Lectures. European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, vol 9. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00966-2_1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00966-2_1
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-00965-5
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-00966-2
eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)