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Published on: July 5, 2011
Verification of the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry using a surgeon's database
Bob Jang1, Nichola A Walsh, Warwick J M Bruce
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Concord Hospital, New South Wales, Australia.
Purpose:
To assess the completeness of registration and any discrepancies between the senior author's database and the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry (AOA NJRR).
Methods:
From 2002 to 2005, the senior author performed 231 primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) on 217 patients using the Corail femoral stem and one of the 3 types of the acetabular component: Pinnacle, ASR, or Duraloc/Option. The name of each patient was forwarded to the AOA NJRR for matching and verification.
Results:
The AOA NJRR recorded 230 of the 231 primary THAs; all but one was matched with the senior author's database. Nine (3.9%) of them were revised by the same (n=7) or another (n=2) surgeon. Three (43%) of the 7 revision surgeries were not recorded on the AOA NJRR. One patient revised for a ceramic liner fracture was incorrectly recorded as 'wear acetabulum' in the AOA NJRR.
Conclusion:
Although the AOA NJRR achieved high registration completeness for primary THA, accuracy for revision THA was much lower.
