Epidemiology of hip & knee replacement across Pakistan according to Pakistan national joint registry: A cross-sectional study

Abstract

Objective: To know about the prevalence of hip and knee arthroplasty according to Pakistan National Joint Registry (PNJR).

Methods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional study with data collection from Pakistan National Joint Registry of number of hip and knee arthroplasty cases across Pakistan in seven years (2014-2019) since inception of PNJR. Stata version 16 was used for data analysis. Mean & standard deviation was reported for quantitative variable & frequency and proportion were reported for qualitative variables.

Results: Our results showed a total of 14,875 people had total knee replacement in last seven years from 2014-2021 with the rate of 14.8/100,000 population. Mean age of the patient was 79.9±15.9 with 67.2% of patients being female and 32.7% being male. Our results showed a total of 5,167 people had total hip replacement in last seven years from 2014-2021, with the rate of 5.16/100,000 population. Mean age of the patient was 41.8±20.9 with 61.7% of patients being male and 38.3% being female.

Conclusion: This is the first epidemiological study in Pakistan on the rates of hip and knee arthroplasty cases in Pakistan based on registry data, showing that more knee arthroplasty cases are being performed as compared to hip arthroplasty.

doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.39.5.7006

How to cite this: Bukhari SI, Allana AR, Najjad KR, Noor SS . Epidemiology of hip & knee replacement across Pakistan according to Pakistan national joint registry: A cross-sectional study. Pak J Med Sci. 2023;39(5):1557-1561. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.39.5.7006

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