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. 2014 Jun;29(6):852-8.
doi: 10.3346/jkms.2014.29.6.852. Epub 2014 May 30.

Epidemiology of hip replacements in Korea from 2007 to 2011

Pil Whan Yoon  1 , Young-Kyun Lee  2 , Jeonghoon Ahn  3 , Eun Jin Jang  4 , Yunjung Kim  3 , Hong Suk Kwak  5 , Kang Sup Yoon  5 , Hee Joong Kim  6 , Jeong Joon Yoo  5
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Epidemiology of hip replacements in Korea from 2007 to 2011

Pil Whan Yoon et al. J Korean Med Sci. 2014 Jun.

Abstract

We analyzed national data collected by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service in Korea from 2007 to 2011; 1) to document procedural numbers and procedural rate of bipolar hemiarthroplasty (BH), primary and revision total hip arthroplasties (THAs), 2) to stratify the prevalence of each procedure by age, gender, and hospital type, and quantified, 3) to estimate the revision burden and evaluate whether the burden is changed over time. Our final study population included 60,230 BHs, 40,760 primary THAs, and 10,341 revision THAs. From 2007 to 2011, both the number and the rate of BHs, primary THAs increased steadily, whereas there was no significant change in revision THAs. Over the 5 yr, the rate of BHs and primary THAs per 100,000 persons significantly increased by 33.2% and 21.4%, respectively. The number of revision THAs was consistent over time. The overall annual revision burden for THA decreased from 22.1% in 2007 to 18.9% in 2011. In contrast to western data, there were no changes in the number and rate of revision THAs, and the rates of primary and revision THAs were higher for men than those for women. Although 5 yr is a short time to determine a change in the revision burden, there have been significant decreases in some age groups.

Keywords: Arthroplasty; Epidemiology; Hip; Prevalence.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest.

Figures

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Procedural rates of bipolar hemiarthroplasty, primary, and revision total hip arthroplasties in Korea from 2007 to 2011.
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Procedural rates of bipolar hemiarthroplasty stratified by age group.
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Procedural rates of primary total hip arthroplasty stratified by age group.
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Procedural rates of revision total hip arthroplasty stratified by age group.
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The revision burden for primary total hip arthroplasty in Korea from 2007 to 2011.
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