December 17, 2014Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

National and International Postmarket Research and Surveillance Implementation

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Population

Patients undergoing hip and knee arthroplasty across multiple national and regional registries

Comparison

Various hip and knee implant devices and… vs Standard or alternative implants

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ASArt SedrakyanCross-Cutting Cardiology EPElizabeth W. PaxtonKaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center SGStephen E. GravesThe University of Melbourne

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The ICOR initiative demonstrates the feasibility and public health value of a multinational distributed data network for postmarket surveillance and comparative effectiveness research of orthopaedic devices.

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Population

Patients undergoing hip and knee arthroplasty across multiple national and regional registries

Intervention

Various hip and knee implant devices and fixation methods (e.g., ceramic-on-ceramic bearings, metal-on-metal bearings, mobile-bearing knees)

Comparator

Standard or alternative implants (e.g., metal-on-HXLPE for hips, fixed-bearing for knees)

Outcome

All-cause revision surgery after initial device implantationhard clinical

Limitations

Small sample size and limited follow-up in the pediatric cohort
Confounding in some registries with the use of best-performing metal-on-metal bearings

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Sedrakyan et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a77c011d8eb58afc2be18e6 https://doi.org/10.2106/jbjs.n.00739

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National and International Postmarket Research and Surveillance Implementation

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National and International Postmarket Research and Surveillance Implementation

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