Het volume van chirurgische ingrepen en de impact ervan op ... - KCE
Het volume van chirurgische ingrepen en de impact ervan op ... - KCE
Het volume van chirurgische ingrepen en de impact ervan op ... - KCE
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
<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.