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Review
. 2019 Jun 3;4(6):401-408.
doi: 10.1302/2058-5241.4.180064. eCollection 2019 Jun.

Orthopaedic registries: the German experience

Volkmar Jansson  1 , Alexander Grimberg  2 , Oliver Melsheimer  2 , Carsten Perka  3 , Arnd Steinbrück  1   2
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Review

Orthopaedic registries: the German experience

Volkmar Jansson et al. EFORT Open Rev. .

Abstract

National joint registries are gaining more and more importance in the fields of implant monitoring/outlier detection and quality of care.The German Arthroplasty Registry (EPRD) was established in 2010 for the purpose of observing the impact of primary hip and knee arthroplasty on the German population.Having now over one million documentations, we introduce the structure of the EPRD and detail the process of data collection.We report on some preliminary trends and contrast these with findings from other joint registries.We introduce the overhauled Arthroplasty Library, that resulted from an international collaboration with National Joint Registry of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Cite this article: EFORT Open Rev 2019;4 DOI: 10.1302/2058-5241.4.180064.

Keywords: arthroplasty registry; early results; implant monitoring; joint registry, implant library; product database.

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Conflict of interest statement

ICMJE Conflict of interest statement: VJ declares payments from Medacta, Implantcast and Aesculap as well as the Endoprothesen Register Deutschland gGmbH (EPRD). AG declares employment by EPRD. OM declares employment by EPRD. CP declares travel support by EPRD and DGOOC, payments by Zimmer, DePuy/Synthes, Link, Smith & Nephew and AORecon. AS declares payments and travel support by Medacta, Implantcast and Aesculap as well as the Endoprothesen Register Deutschland gGmbH (EPRD).

Figures

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Simplified representation of German Arthroplasty Register (EPRD) follow-up data flow from primary hip or knee arthroplasty to revision (ICS, International Classification of Diseases).
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Fig. 2
Kaplan–Meier survival analysis was used to estimate cumulative incidence of overall revision in patients ⩾ 75 years old after primary elective total hip arthroplasty.
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Fig. 3
Kaplan–Meier survival analysis was used to estimate cumulative incidence of overall revision in patients < 75 years old after primary elective total hip arthroplasty.
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Fig. 4
Kaplan–Meier survival analysis was used to estimate cumulative incidence of overall revision in all patients after primary knee arthroplasty.
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Fig. 5
Kaplan–Meier survival analysis was used to estimate cumulative incidence of overall revision in all patients after primary total knee arthroplasty.
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