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<strong>KCE</strong> Reports 113 Volume Outcome 185<br />

Espehaug and al. found a similar association betwe<strong>en</strong> hospital <strong>volume</strong> and revision rate<br />

at 4 years (threshold at 11 THR/year). In addition, they investigated the effect of<br />

cem<strong>en</strong>ted versus uncem<strong>en</strong>ted prostheses and found that the <strong>volume</strong> effect was<br />

primarily se<strong>en</strong> in pati<strong>en</strong>ts who received uncem<strong>en</strong>ted prostheses. 318<br />

Diels and colleagues also found an association betwe<strong>en</strong> hospital <strong>volume</strong> and revision<br />

rate; wh<strong>en</strong> the hospital <strong>volume</strong> increased with one THR procedure, the revision risk<br />

<strong>de</strong>creased with 0.3%. Their analyses also showed that pati<strong>en</strong>ts with an uncem<strong>en</strong>ted<br />

prosthesis had 50% more risk of a revision than pati<strong>en</strong>ts with a cem<strong>en</strong>ted monobloc<br />

inox-prosthesis. 312<br />

RELATION BETWEEN HOSPITAL OR SURGEON VOLUME AND<br />

POSTOPERATIVE FUNCTIONAL STATUS AND PAIN RELIEF<br />

Although these outcome measures could not be studied in the Belgian MCD, it seems<br />

important to discuss the results of other studies on this t<strong>op</strong>ic to provi<strong>de</strong> a more<br />

complete picture of the influ<strong>en</strong>ce of <strong>volume</strong> on outcome.<br />

Katz and colleagues evaluated whether hospital and surgeon <strong>volume</strong> of THR are<br />

associated with pati<strong>en</strong>t-reported pain and functional status (the so-called Harris hip<br />

score) and satisfaction with surgery 3 year post<strong>op</strong>eratively. 322 As m<strong>en</strong>tioned earlier,<br />

Katz et al. observed that pati<strong>en</strong>ts with low levels of income and education and those<br />

with worse recalled pre<strong>op</strong>erative functional status, were more likely to have THR<br />

performed at low-<strong>volume</strong> hospitals. Before adjusting for these factors, low hospital<br />

<strong>volume</strong> was associated with worse Harris hip scores at follow-up. After adjustm<strong>en</strong>t for<br />

socio-<strong>de</strong>mographic and clinical variables, however, the association betwe<strong>en</strong> higher<br />

hospital <strong>volume</strong> and better functional status following primary THR was weak and<br />

statistically non-significant. Satisfaction with primary THR, on the other hand, remained<br />

greater among pati<strong>en</strong>ts whose <strong>op</strong>erations were performed in higher-<strong>volume</strong> hospitals.<br />

Thompson and colleagues used medical records and questionnaires to assess the<br />

association betwe<strong>en</strong> hospital and surgeon <strong>volume</strong> of elective THR and several outcomes<br />

i.e. in-hospital <strong>op</strong>erative complications, in-hospital g<strong>en</strong>eral complications, 6-month<br />

difficulty walking and 6-month residual pain. 316 Contrary to most other studies that are<br />

limited to claims data, Thompson disposed of a variety of pre<strong>op</strong>erative clinical risk<br />

factors for case-mix adjustm<strong>en</strong>t, i.e. activity level, ADL scale, ASA score, walking<br />

distance and hip pain score. He also ma<strong>de</strong> separate analyzes for pati<strong>en</strong>ts receiving<br />

cem<strong>en</strong>tless and cem<strong>en</strong>ted prostheses. Thompson et al. did not conclu<strong>de</strong> that, in g<strong>en</strong>eral,<br />

surgeon nor hospital <strong>volume</strong> had any significant association with the likelihood of<br />

<strong>op</strong>erative or g<strong>en</strong>eral complications, nor with walking and pain outcomes.

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