[Revision rates in journal publications on joint prostheses with noticeably high failure rates in register data sets]G Labek
Klinik für Orthopädie, Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck, Anichstr 35, A 6020, Innsbruck, Osterreich
Orthopade 41:853-9. 2012
..The primary outcome parameter was the revision rate for any reason calculated using a standardized methodology and the parameter of revisions per 100 observed component years...
- Impact of implant developers on published outcome and reproducibility of cohort-based clinical studies in arthroplasty
Gerold Labek
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
J Bone Joint Surg Am 93:55-61. 2011
..We compared the results of a comprehensive literature analysis with data from national arthroplasty registries to examine the influence of arthroplasty implant inventors on the outcomes published in peer-reviewed journals...
- Comparison of the information in arthroplasty registers from different countries
G Labek
Orthopaedic Department, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
J Bone Joint Surg Br 90:288-91. 2008
..In order for the most useful information to be available from registers much international co-operation is required between all those responsible for the design of registers as well as those who gather, assess and publish the data...
- [The European Arthroplasty Register (EAR), development and rationale for supranational cooperation of arthroplasty registers]
G Labek
Orthopadische Universitatsklinik, Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck, Osterreich
Z Orthop Unfall 147:151-7. 2009
..Therefore, EAR has been conceived as a network of independent national registers considering itself as a supplement and by no means as a competitor of the established national registers...
High failure rate of the Duraloc Constrained InlayGerold Labek
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Acta Orthop 80:545-7. 2009
..After total hip arthroplasty, dislocations are a frequent complication and are difficult to treat in some patients. A great variety of implants and antiluxation mechanisms are used in surgical therapy...
- Outcome of the cementless Taperloc stem: a comprehensive literature review including arthroplasty register data
Gerold Labek
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Acta Orthop 82:143-8. 2011
..It was the aim of the study to determine the performance of this implant and to identify potential bias factors inherent to the various datasets...
- Revision rates after total joint replacement: cumulative results from worldwide joint register datasets
G Labek
European Arthroplasty Register, Scientific Office, Innsbruck, Austria
J Bone Joint Surg Br 93:293-7. 2011
..29 revisions per 100 observed component years was seen. The outcomes of total hip and knee replacement are almost identical. Revision rates of about 6% after five years and 12% after ten years are to be expected...
Revision rates after total ankle arthroplasty in sample-based clinical studies and national registriesGerold Labek
Innsbruck Medical University, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Innsbruck Austria
Foot Ankle Int 32:740-5. 2011
..The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of specific implants in total ankle arthroplasty as reported in clinical studies and determined by national registries. MATERIALS and..
- The outcome of the cementless tapered SL-Plus stem: an analysis of arthroplasty register data
Gerold Labek
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstr 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
Int Orthop 36:1149-54. 2012
..The aim of this study is to evaluate the outcome of the cementless SL-Plus stem in worldwide arthroplasty register datasets...
- Validity of published outcome data concerning Anatomic Graduated Component total knee arthroplasty: a structured literature review including arthroplasty register data
Reinhard Schuh
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstr 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Int Orthop 36:51-6. 2012
..The purpose of this study was to analyse the outcome of Anatomic Graduated Component (AGC) TKA reported in clinical studies and to perform a comparison with the outcome reported by national arthroplasty registers...
- Outcome and reproducibility of data concerning the Oxford unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: a structured literature review including arthroplasty registry data
Gerold Labek
Department of Orthopaedics, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
Acta Orthop 82:131-5. 2011
..We analyzed an implant that is frequently used worldwide, the Oxford unicompartmental knee replacement, in order to identify potential confounders inherent in the datasets and to evaluate the outcome achieved with this implant...
- Organisation, data evaluation, interpretation and effect of arthroplasty register data on the outcome in terms of revision rate in total hip arthroplasty
Gerold Labek
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Int Orthop 35:157-63. 2011
..For every physician the most valuable data are those coming from a register in his own country; the development of national arthroplasty registers should therefore be continued...
- Cementless total hip arthroplasty in patients older than 80 years of age
H Pieringer
Orthopaedic Department, Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Linz, Austria
J Bone Joint Surg Br 85:641-5. 2003
..The mean Harris hip score was 81.9 points. Radiolucent lines and osteolysis were seldom found...
- Key factors for a successful National Arthroplasty Register
C Kolling
Schulthess Clinic, Lengghalde 2, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland
J Bone Joint Surg Br 89:1567-73. 2007
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