O. Robertsson et al., The Swedish Knee Arthroplasty Register 1975-1997 - An update with special emphasis on 41,223 knees operated on in 1988-1997, ACT ORTH SC, 72(5), 2001, pp. 503-513
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Ortopedics, Rehabilitation & Sport Medicine","da verificare
From 1975, when the Swedish Knee Arthroplasty Register (SKAR) started, unti
l the end of 1997, 57,533 primary arthroplasties and revisions have been re
gistered. Recently, the register underwent a comprehensive validation and u
pdate regarding revisions.
We now report on general demographic and epidemiological data for the whole
period and on the survivorship of arthroplasties performed in Sweden durin
g 1988-1997. During this 10-year period, 41,223 primary knee arthroplasties
; were performed on 34,877 patients. We found, as in our earlier reports, t
hat survivorship was affected by patient-, time-, implant- and method-relat
ed factors but, apart from an overall higher cumulative revision rate, gene
ral conclusions reported from the register in recent years appeared to be u
naffected.