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<strong>KCE</strong> Reports 113 Volume Outcome 201<br />

90-day complication rate after total knee replacem<strong>en</strong>t<br />

In Table 7.34 we compare the <strong>KCE</strong> study’s 90-day complication rates with those<br />

published by Katz et al. on elective TKR performed in 2000. 325 The rates for pulmonary<br />

embolism and <strong>de</strong>ep wound infection are very similar. For AMI and pneumonia, on the<br />

other hand, Katz obtained substantially higher rates. The explanation for these<br />

differ<strong>en</strong>ces is again related to the use of differ<strong>en</strong>t co<strong>de</strong>s. For pneumonia, the <strong>KCE</strong> study<br />

used the ICD-9-CM co<strong>de</strong>s 480 to 486 while Katz selected a larger range of co<strong>de</strong>s<br />

(according to the AHRQ algorithms). For AMI, the <strong>KCE</strong> used co<strong>de</strong> 410.xx while Katz’s<br />

AHRQ algorithm id<strong>en</strong>tified only the stays with 410.x1. On the other hand, the <strong>KCE</strong><br />

only consi<strong>de</strong>red the principal diagnosis of re-admissions while Katz also consi<strong>de</strong>red the<br />

secondary diagnoses of AMI.<br />

Revision rate at 12 months after total knee replacem<strong>en</strong>t<br />

Table 7.34 shows that the 1-year revision rate observed in our study (0.98%) is very<br />

similar to the one found by Kre<strong>de</strong>r (0.80%). 329 Coyte and colleagues found a 500-days<br />

revision rate betwe<strong>en</strong> 1.6% and 2.0% (according to the method used). 331 Nevertheless,<br />

the rea<strong>de</strong>r has to take into account the fact that Coyte used data on TKR performed<br />

betwe<strong>en</strong> 1984 and 1991.<br />

PATIENT CASE MIX<br />

Table 7.28 and Table 7.31 showed that low-<strong>volume</strong> (

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