title: The Swedish Knee Arthroplasty Register 1975-1997: an update with special emphasis on 41,223 knees operated on in 1988-1997.
abstract: From 1975, when the Swedish Knee Arthroplasty Register (SKAR) started, until the end of 1997, 57,533 primary arthroplasties and revisions have been registered. Recently, the register underwent a comprehensive validation and update regarding revisions. We now report on general demographic and epidemiological data for the whole period and on the survivorship of arthroplasties performed in Sweden during 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, that survivorship was affected by patient-, time-, implant- and method-related factors but, apart from an overall higher cumulative revision rate, general conclusions reported from the register in recent years appeared to be unaffected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Lund University Hospital, Sweden. otto.robertsson@ort.lu.se
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Robertsson
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Knutson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lewold
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lidgren
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012042:Registries; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013548:Sweden; D016896:Treatment Outcome