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. 2018 Aug 24;15(4):909-912.
doi: 10.1016/j.jor.2018.08.025. eCollection 2018 Dec.

Quality assurance in revision total hip arthroplasty

Christos Koutras  1 , Isabel Becker  2 , Stavros A Antoniou  3 , Hansjoerg Heep  4   2
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Quality assurance in revision total hip arthroplasty

Christos Koutras et al. J Orthop. .

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Abstract

Objective: To compare two different methods of clinical outcomes prospective documentation after revision hip arthroplasty: external and internal.

Methods: Chi-squared test, Fisher's exact test and binary logistic regression analyses were performed.

Results: Eighty one patients experienced a complication (520 arthroplasties). A significant difference was found between the two documentation methods in the variable "hematoma and postoperative hemorrhage", and a significant reduction of the internally and externally documented "total complication rate". Furthermore, the "length of hospital stay" and "duration of operation" predicted independently the occurrence of complications.

Conclusion: Further improvement of documentation methods is required to measure the perioperative morbidity.

Keywords: Arthroplasty; Data collection; Health care; Hip replacement; Quality assurance.

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