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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 95-B, Issue SUPP_1 | Pages 197 - 197
1 Jan 2013
Baker P Critchley R Jameson S Hodgson S Reed M Gregg P Deehan D
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Background

Both surgeon and hospital volume influence patient outcomes following revision knee arthroplasty.

Purpose

To audit all centres performing revision knee procedures in England and Wales over a 2-year period. All centres were audited against two pre-defined standards linked to hospital volume

Operative volume should be greater than 10 revisions per year;

More than 2.5 revisions should be performed for every 100 primary arthroplasties implanted.