Background: An overall assessment of how patient demographic characteristics and
comorbidities are improving or worsening can allow better understanding of the value of …

Background: Understanding time trends in age, demographic characteristics, and
comorbidities is especially critical to highlight the effects on clinical practice change …

Abstract Background Revision THA and TKA are growing and important clinical and
economic challenges. Healthcare systems tend to combine revision joint replacement …

Background As the incidence of primary total joint arthroplasty rises in the United States, it is
important to investigate how this will impact rates of revision arthroplasty. The purpose of this …

Background National joint replacement registries outside North America have been effective
in reducing revision risk. However, there is little information on the role of smaller regional …

Background Hip and knee arthroplasties are common and successful procedures, however,
success and durability are not guaranteed. The revision burden, defined as the ratio of …

The purpose of this study was to compare short-term clinical outcomes between total hip
arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patient cohorts, adjusting for …

Background Revision surgery for failed total knee arthroplasty (TKA) continues to pose a
substantial burden for the United States healthcare system. The predominant etiology of TKA …

Background Administrative claims in total joint arthroplasty are used for observational
studies and payment adjustments under the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement …

Objective Total joint arthroplasty (TJA) outcome studies have largely focused on recipients of
a single primary TJA, which may bias outcome estimates. Design This retrospective cohort …