Substantial rise in the lifetime risk of primary total knee replacement surgery for osteoarthritis from 2003 to 2013: an international, population-level analysis

: I.N. Ackerman, M.A. Bohensky, R. de Steiger, C.A. Brand, A. Eskelinen, A.M. Fenstad, O. Furnes, G. Garellick, S.E. Graves, J. Haapakoski, L.I. Havelin, Keijo Mäkelä, F. Mehnert, A.B. Pedersen, O. Robertsson

: 2017

: Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

: 25

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: 455

: 461

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: 1063-4584

: 1522-9653

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2016.11.005

Using population-based data, this study identified significant increases in the lifetime risk of TKR in all five countries from 2003 to 2013. Lifetime risk of TKR was as high as 1 in 5 women in Finland, and 1 in 7 males in Australia. These risk estimates quantify the healthcare resource burden of knee OA at the population level, providing an important resource for public health policy development and healthcare planning.