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Arthroplasty registers improve outcomes, implement PROMs
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Arthroplasty registers improve outcomes, implement PROMs A plenary session is scheduled for this year’s EFORT Congress to outline the basic requirements of joint arthroplasty registers and their potential to improve clinical treatments. The session has been co-organized by Prof. Soren Overgaard, MD, head of the Danish Hip Arthroplasty Register, and Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Bohler, chairman of the EFORT European Arthroplasty Register committee.
The session will take place on Thursday, June 2 at 10:30 a.m. in Copenhagen.
“The plenary session will go into the basic requirements for a national joint register and what is needed of infrastructure in the country in order to establish a national joint register,” Overgaard told Orthopaedics Today Europe. “Distinguished speakers from countries with a long tradition from national registers in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, U.K., Australia and Austria will do their best in order to give the attendees new knowledge on evidence-based treatment in joint replacement surgery and on improvements thanks to the registers.”
The following speakers have been selected for the plenary session: Johan Kärrholm, MD, PhD, project leader of the Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Register; Ove Furnes, MD, PhD, former head of the Norwegian Arthroplasty Register; Stephen Graves, MBBS, FRACS, DPhil, director of the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry; Martyn Porter, FRCS, chairman of the National Joint Registry (NJR) for England and Wales; and Göran Garellick, MD, PhD, of the Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Register.
According to the 2011 EFORT Congress Faculty Scientific Programme available on the congress website, topics planned for discussion include improvements in clinical practice due to hip and knee arthroplasty registers, key findings from the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry and the NJR for England and Wales, and the efforts being made by the European Arthroplasty Register to enhance the potential of national registries throughout Europe.
“In addition, new trends in the Nordic registries, such as the inclusion of patient-reported outcome measures, will be included in the plenary session,” Overgaard said.
Reference:
- Plenary session: the use of registries in clinical practice to improve treatments. To be presented at the 2011 EFORT Congress. June 1-4, 2011. Copenhagen.
- Prof. Soren Overgaard, MD, can be reached in the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Odense University Hospital, Sdr. Boulevard 29, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark; +45-6541-2286; e-mail: soeren.overgaard@ouh.regionsyddanmark.dk.
- Disclosure: Overgaard has no relevant financial disclosures.
