Annual reports
NJR Annual Reports analyse the data submitted to the NJR, and highlight the aims and achievements of the National Joint Registry, its Steering Committee and its sub-committees.
The major findings of the fifth and most recent report were highlighted at the British Orthopaedic Association’s Annual Congress on 17th September 2008. The findings were presented by the surgical representatives on the NJR Steering Committee, Professor Paul Gregg, Mr Martyn Porter, and Mr Keith Tucker, and by Mr Peter Howard, Chairman of the NJR’s Regional Clinical Coordinators’ Network.
Part One of the report is the report of the NJR Steering Committee and covers the period 1st April 2007 to 31st March 2008. Part 2 provides the clinical analysis and is based on data submitted to the NJR between 1st April 2003 and 31st December 2007. It also includes the linkage of NJR data to data held in both the Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) database and in the Patient Episode Database Wales (PEDW). The key areas of the analysis include:
· An examination of current practice and outcomes for hip replacement procedures, including an update on the analysis of hip resurfacings published in the 4th Annual Report and an analysis of the outcomes of the use of different bearing combinations.
· An analysis of current practice and outcomes for knee replacement procedures and an update on the analysis of unicondylar knee replacement procedures published in the 4th Annual Report.
· An analysis of mortality and pulmonary embolism following hip and knee replacement surgery in relation to thromboprophylaxis.
In previous years, the Annual Report has included a final section entitled ‘Prostheses Used in Hip and Knee Joint Replacement Surgery’. This section is not included in the 5th Annual Report and has been published as a separate document, available only as a download.
You can download a copy of the NJR 5th Annual Report via the link on the right-hand side of this page. For printed copies of the report please contact the NJR Centre.
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