UK poSt Arthroplasty Follow-up rEcommendations (UK SAFE): What does analysis of linked, routinely collected national data sets tell us about mid-late term revision risk after hip replacement? Retrospective cohort study

Lindsay K Smith*, Cesar Garriga, Sarah R. Kingsbury, Rafael Pinedo-Villanueva, Antonella Delmestri, Nigel K Arden, Martin H. Stone, Philip G Conaghan, Andrew Judge

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Abstract

Objective To identify patients at risk of mid-late term revision of hip replacement to inform targeted follow-up.

Design Analysis of linked national data sets from primary and secondary care (Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD-GOLD); National Joint Registry (NJR); English Hospital Episode Statistics (HES); Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs)).

Participants Primary elective total hip replacement (THR) aged≥18.

Event of interest Revision surgery≥5 years (mid-late term) after primary THR.

Statistical methods Cox regression modelling to ascertain risk factors of mid-late term revision. HR and 95% CI assessed association of sociodemographic factors, comorbidities, medication, surgical variables and PROMs with mid-late term revision.

Results NJR-HES-PROMs data were available from 2008 to 2011 on 142 275 THR; mean age 70.0 years and 61.9% female. CPRD GOLD-HES data covered 1995–2011 on 17 047 THR; mean age 68.4 years, 61.8% female. Patients had minimum 5 years postprimary surgery to end 2016. In NJR-HES-PROMS data, there were 3582 (2.5%) revisions, median time-to-revision after primary surgery 1.9 years (range 0.01–8.7), with 598 (0.4%) mid-late term revisions; in CPRD GOLD, 982 (5.8%) revisions, median time-to-revision 5.3 years (range 0–20), with 520 (3.1%) mid-late term revisions.

Reduced risk of mid-late term revision was associated with older age at primary surgery (HR: 0.96; 95% CI: 0.95 to 0.96); better 6-month postoperative pain/function scores (HR: 0.35; 95% CI: 0.27 to 0.46); use of ceramic-on-ceramic (HR: 0.73; 95% CI: 0.56 to 0.95) or ceramic-on-polyethylene (HR: 0.76; 95% CI: 0.58 to 1.00) bearing surfaces.

Increased risk of mid-late term revision was associated with the use of antidepressants (HR: 1.32; 95% CI: 1.09 to 1.59), glucocorticoid injections (HR: 1.33; 95% CI: 1.06 to 1.67) and femoral head size≥44 mm (HR: 2.56; 95% CI: 1.09 to 6.02)

No association of gender, obesity or Index of Multiple Deprivation was observed.

Conclusion The risk of mid-late term THR is associated with age at primary surgery, 6-month postoperative pain and function and implant factors. Further work is needed to explore the associations with prescription medications observed in our data.
Original languageEnglish
Article numbere050877
Pages (from-to)e050877
Number of pages29
JournalBMJ Open
Volume12
Issue number3
Early online date9 Mar 2022
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 9 Mar 2022

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This article presents independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Services and Delivery Research Programme (14/70/146) and by the NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre (BRC). SRK, MS and PGC were supported in part by the NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre. AJ was supported by the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Bristol.

Funding Information:
Competing interests LS reports grants from National Institute for Health Research during the conduct of the study. AJ reports grants from National Institute for Health Research and has received consultancy fees from Freshfields Bruckhaus Derringer and Anthera Pharmaceuticals LTD unrelated to this work. AJ was supported by the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Bristol. NKA reports grants from Merck, personal fees from Pfizer/Lilly, unrelated to the submitted work. SRK, MS and PGC were supported in part by the NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre.

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