title: Revision surgery after total joint arthroplasty: a complication-based analysis using worldwide arthroplasty registers.
abstract: The authors performed a complication-based analysis of total knee (TKA), total hip (THA), and total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) using worldwide arthroplasty registers. We extracted data with respect to reason for revision surgery and pooled causes. The most common causes for revisions in THA were aseptic loosening (55.2%), dislocation (11.8 %), septic loosening (7.5%), periprosthetic fractures (6%), and others. The most common causes in TKA were aseptic loosening (29.8%), septic loosening (14.8%), pain (9.5%), wear (8.2%), and others. The most common causes in TAA were aseptic loosening (38%), technical errors (15%), pain (12%), septic loosening (9.8%), and others. Revisions in TKA and THA differ with respect to type of complication. However, in case of TAA, higher rates of technically related complications are reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sadoghi
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liebensteiner
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Agreiter
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leithner
authors.forename: Nikolaus
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Böhler
authors.forename: Gerold
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Labek
mesh_terms: D058737:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Ankle / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D038622:Internationality; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000453:epidemiology; D057068:Periprosthetic Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012042:Registries; D012086:Reoperation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: arthroplasty; complication; register data