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. 2004 Mar 1;180(S5):S31-4.
doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb05911.x.

The Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry

Stephen E Graves  1 , David Davidson, Lisa Ingerson, Philip Ryan, Elizabeth C Griffith, Brian F J McDermott, Heather J McElroy, Nicole L Pratt
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The Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry

Stephen E Graves et al. Med J Aust. .

Abstract

In the financial year ending June 2002, 26 689 hip replacements and 26089 knee replacements (total, 52778) were performed in Australia. Hip and knee replacement procedures have increased between 5%-10% each year for the past 10 years, with a combined increase in hip and knee replacement of 13.4% in the past year. The revision rate for hip replacement surgery in Australia is unknown but is estimated to be 20%-24%; the revision rate for hip replacement surgery in Sweden is 7%. Although data collection for the Registry is voluntary, it has 100% compliance from hospitals undertaking joint-replacement surgery.

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