Kevin A Lawson1, Antonia F Chen2, Bryan D Springer3, Richard L Illgen4, David G Lewallen5, James I Huddleston1, Derek F Amanatullah1. 1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University, Redwood City, CA. 2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 3. OrthoCarolina Hip and Knee Center, Charlotte, NC. 4. Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. 5. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Revision total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is associated with a higher complication rate and a greater cost when compared to primary TKA. Based on patient choice, referral, or patient transfers, revision TKAs are often performed in different institutions by different surgeons than the primary TKA. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of hospital size, teaching status, and revision indication on the migration patterns of failed primary TKA in patients 65 years of age and older. METHODS: All primary and revision TKAs reported to the American Joint Replacement Registry from January 2012 through March 2020 were included and merged with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services database. Migration was defined as a patient having a primary TKA and revision TKA performed at separate institutions by different surgeons. RESULTS: In total, 9167 linked primary and revision TKAs were included in the analysis. Overall migration rates were significantly higher from small (<100 beds; P = .019), non-teaching institutions (P = .002) driven primarily by patients diagnosed with infection. Infection patients had significantly higher migration rates from small (46.8%, P < .001), non-teaching (43.5%, P < .001) institutions, while migration rates for other causes of revision were statistically similar. Most patients migrated to medium or large institutions (84.7%) for revision TKA rather than small institutions (15.3%, P < .001) and to teaching (78.3%) rather than non-teaching institutions (21.7%, P < .001). CONCLUSION: There is a diagnosis-dependent referral bias that affects the migration rates of infected primary TKA from small non-teaching institutions leading to a flow of more medically complex patients to medium and large teaching institutions for infected revision TKA.
BACKGROUND: Revision total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is associated with a higher complication rate and a greater cost when compared to primary TKA. Based on patient choice, referral, or patient transfers, revision TKAs are often performed in different institutions by different surgeons than the primary TKA. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of hospital size, teaching status, and revision indication on the migration patterns of failed primary TKA in patients 65 years of age and older. METHODS: All primary and revision TKAs reported to the American Joint Replacement Registry from January 2012 through March 2020 were included and merged with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services database. Migration was defined as a patient having a primary TKA and revision TKA performed at separate institutions by different surgeons. RESULTS: In total, 9167 linked primary and revision TKAs were included in the analysis. Overall migration rates were significantly higher from small (<100 beds; P = .019), non-teaching institutions (P = .002) driven primarily by patients diagnosed with infection. Infection patients had significantly higher migration rates from small (46.8%, P < .001), non-teaching (43.5%, P < .001) institutions, while migration rates for other causes of revision were statistically similar. Most patients migrated to medium or large institutions (84.7%) for revision TKA rather than small institutions (15.3%, P < .001) and to teaching (78.3%) rather than non-teaching institutions (21.7%, P < .001). CONCLUSION: There is a diagnosis-dependent referral bias that affects the migration rates of infected primary TKA from small non-teaching institutions leading to a flow of more medically complex patients to medium and large teaching institutions for infected revision TKA.
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