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Annual report 2019 of the Endoprostheses Register Germany (EPRD)

10 December 2019

Some key figures: 300,000 surgeries posted for the year 2018 56% hip, 44 % knee endoprosthesis 40% male, 60% female median age with hip endoprosthesis 72 years Operated knee patients are significantly heavier than the hip patients in relation to their body size The share of fully cemented hip endoprostheses fell by 3% from 8.0% to 5.0% between 2014 and 2018, while the share of completely cementless anchorages rose continuously from 74.8% to 78.6%. Most frequent reason for a follow-up operation: 29.8% loosening of prosthesis components Other common reasons for follow-up surgery are infection (15.2%), luxation (11.7%), periprosthetic fracture (10.9%) and implant wear (8.1%). The failure of implant components is mentioned in 1.8% of cases as the reason for the follow-up operation. The failure rate for hip endoprostheses after 4 years is around 3-4%

Knee prostheses are in most cases cemented in Germany The most frequent reason for follow-up surgery on the knee joint is loosening (25.0%) Other reasons are infections (14.7%), ligament instabilities (8.9%) and implant wear (5.7%). Implant failure is given in 2.0 as the reason for the procedure The failure rate for knee endoprostheses after 4 years is around 7-8%
Author(s)	Source
Executive Committee of the EPRD	Deutsche Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und Orthopädische Chirurgie e.V. (german)
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