Professor Ashley Blom, University of Bristol
Ashley Blom, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Bristol
Title: The National Joint Registry; an underutilised tool
Venue: Room OS6, The Seminar Room, Second Floor, Oakfield House
Biography
Ashley Blom is a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery with a particular interest in joint replacements. Along with Jon Tobias, he leads the MRU, which currently has NIHR programme grants to “Improve the patient experience of joint replacement”, “Prevent and treat chronic pain after knee replacement” and “Treat infection after joint replacement.”
The 23rd Annual European Orthopaedic Research Society (EORS) is being held in Bristol this year for further details please click here http://eors2015.org/
Abstract
The NJR was established in 2003 with the aim of monitoring the performance of hip and knee implants following the debacle of the 3M Capital hip. The 3M Capital hip was implanted in a large number of patients and then failed at unacceptably high rates. Since 2003 over 2 million joint replacements have been recorded in the Registry. The Musculoskeletal Research Unit at the University of Bristol have the contract to analyse the data. Specifically we produce the Annual Report, identify outlier units, surgeons and implants and undertake commissioned research. Headline findings have been the high failure rates of stemmed metal-on-metal implants and hip resurfacing, as well as the marked decrease in post-operative mortality (50% reduction in 10 years) following both hip and knee replacement. Our findings are changing the practice of arthroplasty world-wide, but we feel this database is still underutilised and would welcome thoughts on how the database could be used.