, the literature shows better outcomes when these are performed by experienced surgeons and in high-volume hospitals. This includes several orthopedic procedures and arthroplasties ( 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ). Besides, in 2011, Sanchez
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periarticular soft tissue trauma, improved preservation of native bone stock, better restoration of native kinematics, increased patient satisfaction, and improved functional outcomes. 4 – 9 Furthermore, UKA is associated with reduced length of hospital
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data. In three studies and one report, hospital variation was adjusted for surgery- or hospital-specific determinants (e.g. hospital and surgeon volume) in addition to patient characteristics. However, these determinants could also be a proxy for
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a powerful factor in dissuading consultants in General Hospitals in the event of the unpredicted absence from an operating session’. 1 The first national arthroplasty registry was established by the Swedish Knee Arthroplasty Registry in 1975
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component shows signs of significantly underperforming. 6 With commencement of EPRD data collection, most participating clinics were high-volume tertiary referral university clinics. Hospitals implanting annually fewer than 100 hip and knee prostheses were
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. The analyses suggested that the additional cost of computer navigation for each case decreased in association with higher surgical volumes. Lower-volume hospitals operated at a higher unit cost due to the significant capital investment required to
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indicators Glassou et al examined if hospital procedure volume was associated with the risk of revision after primary THA in the Nordic countries from 1995 to 2011. This study showed a consistent and strong association between hospital procedure volume and
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mortality rates in the elderly are increased, even when controlling for existing comorbidities. Illustrating this reduced physiological reserve most impressively is the fact that cardiac stroke volume is reduced by almost 50% in the 80-year-old patient
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database analysis . Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 2016 ; 42 : 741 - 747 . 22 Zacher MT Kanz KG Hanschen M . Association between volume of severely injured patients and mortality in German trauma hospitals . Br J Surg
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arthroplasties (TKAs). 1 , 2 By 2030, it is projected that the annual procedure volume for primary THA and TKA in the United States alone will grow by 71% and 85% respectively, totalling an estimated 635,000 primary THAs and nearly 1.26 million primary TKAs
