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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Arthroplasty. 2020 Feb 19;35(6 Suppl):S79–S85. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2020.02.030

Table 3.

Revision by Age Mode of Failure of Index Procedure: Total Number and Percent of Total Accounted for.

Year rTHA
rTKA
Number of Revisions
PJI PPFx IB AS O I BW PJI PPFx IB AS O I BW
2006 3545 3322 3507 6816 1516 7225 1112 12,946 685 4307 7012 771 2928 1641
2007 3764 3662 4105 7423 1716 7450 1311 13,699 877 4936 8179 866 3278 1705
2008 4112 4144 6210 6996 1623 8412 1033 16,334 1010 9051 9004 725 3977 1282
2009 4034 3795 4793 7405 1737 7556 1199 15,043 828 6546 10,279 738 3844 1547
2010 4443 4210 874 8953 2153 8179 1266 16,625 947 919 13,236 708 4211 1388
2011 5109 4801 971 8948 2209 8785 1331 18,359 895 995 13,304 906 5009 1529
2012 5310 4555 1045 8335 2330 8525 1675 17,925 930 830 13,270 820 5410 1360
2013 5460 5420 945 7975 2070 8920 1560 18,970 1095 865 13,560 690 5110 1285
2014 5850 5805 800 7925 2085 9220 1395 19,855 1070 795 13,815 625 5615 1190

Percentage (%) of Total Revisions Accounted by Each Mode of Failure

2006 13.1 12.3 13.0 25.2 5.6 26.7 4.1 42.7 2.3 14.2 23.2 2.6 9.7 5.4
2014 17.7 17.6 2.4 24.0 6.3 27.9 4.2 46.2 2.5 1.9 32.2 1.5 13.1 2.8
Change +4.6 +5.3 −10.6 −1.2 +0.7 +1.2 +0.1 +3.5 +0.2 −12.3 +10.0 −1.1 +3.4 −2.6

rTHA, revision total hip arthroplasty; rTKA, revision total knee arthroplasty; PJI, prosthetic joint infection; PPFx, periprosthetic fracture; IB, implant breakage; AS, aseptic loosening; O, osteolysis; I, instability; BW, bearing wear. Bold values denotes growth in incidence; italicized values denotes decrease in incidence.