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. 2014 Mar 20;85(2):107–116. doi: 10.3109/17453674.2014.893498

Table 1.

Demographic data, and data concerning fixation technique, surgical approach, cause of revision, and procedure performed at revision for each country

Denmark Sweden Norway Finland
No. of THRs 92,078 180,839 86,076 79,740
Follow-up time (years), mean 5.9 6.7 6.4 6.6
(range) (0–17) (0–17) (0–17) (0–17)
Male sex, % 41.9 40.0 31.8 41.1
Age groups, %
 < 55 10.8 9.0 10.7 11.9
 55–64 22.7 21.8 20.6 24.1
 65–74 34.8 34.4 34.3 37.8
 ≥ 75 31.6 34.8 34.5 26.3
Diagnosis, %
 Primary osteoarthritis 76.4 78.7 73.0 82.4
 Hip fracture 13.9 12.3 11.7 3.7
 Nontraumatic femoral head necrosis 2.6 3.1 1.6 1.1
 Inflammatory arthritis 1.6 2.3 2.4 4.6
 Pediatric hip disease 3.1 1.8 9.0 1.2
 Other 2.3 1.9 2.3 7.0
Fixation, %
 Cemented 36.9 84.1 70.8 39.3
 Uncemented 40.3 7.5 15.3 47.8
 Hybrid 21.9 3.1 3.3 9.6
 Reverse hybrid 0.9 5.3 10.6 3.4
Approach, %
 Posterior 92.2 57.2 24.6 NA
Cause of revision, %
 Aseptic loosening 36.2 53.3 48.8 48.5
 Deep infection 15.4 14.1 15.6 6.7
 Periprosthetic femoral fracture 8.2 8.2 4.0 7.7
 Dislocation 28.5 19.6 20.1 19.3
 Pain only 3.6 0.6 3.0 NA
 Other 8.1 4.3 8.7 17.8
Procedure at revision, %,
 Total revision 16.7 31.5 20.6 NA
 Only stem revised 22.3 22.5 23.9 NA
 Only cup or liner revised 44.2 32.1 37.0 NA
 Extraction of the prosthesis 8.4 5.8 7.8 NA
 Other 8.5 8.2 10.7 NA

NA: not available.