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Relation between surgeon volume and risk of complications after THR
37, 881 people who received their first primary total hip arthroplasty during 2002-09 were followed for at least two years after their surgery. The rates of various surgical complications within 90 days (venous thromboembolism, death) and within two years (infection, dislocation, periprosthetic fracture, revision) of surgery were analysed.
The study found that patients whose operation was carried by surgeons who had performed 35 or fewer such procedures in the year before the index procedure were at increased risk for dislocation and early revision. Surgeons should consider performing 35 cases or more a year to minimize the risk for complications. Read more here.
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