Safety of disinvestment in mid- to late-term follow-up post primary hip and knee replacement: the UK SAFE evidence synthesis and recommendations

Kingsbury, Sarah R; Smith, Lindsay K; Czoski Murray, Carolyn J; Pinedo-Villanueva, Rafael; Judge, Andrew; West, Robert; Smith, Chris; Wright, Judy M; Arden, Nigel K; Thomas, Christine M; Kolovos, Spryos; Shuweihdi, Farag; Garriga, Cesar; Bitanihirwe, Byron KY; Hill, Kate; Matu, Jamie; Stone, Martin; Conaghan, Philip G

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This study concluded that for ODEP 10A* prostheses it is safe to disinvest in routine follow-up in the 1- to 10-year period after non-complex hip and knee replacement.

Sarah R Kingsbury , Lindsay K Smith , Carolyn J Czoski Murray , Rafael Pinedo-Villanueva , Andrew Judge , Robert West , Chris Smith , Judy M Wright , Nigel K Arden , Christine M Thomas, Spryos Kolovos , Farag Shuweihdi , Cesar Garriga , Byron KY Bitanihirwe , Kate Hill , Jamie Matu , Martin Stone & Philip G Conaghan .

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Sarah R Kingsbury ^1,², Lindsay K Smith ³, Carolyn J Czoski Murray ⁴, Rafael Pinedo-Villanueva ⁵, Andrew Judge ^6,^7,⁸, Robert West ⁴, Chris Smith ⁴, Judy M Wright ⁴, Nigel K Arden ^5,⁶, Christine M Thomas ², Spryos Kolovos ⁵, Farag Shuweihdi ⁴, Cesar Garriga ⁵, Byron KY Bitanihirwe ⁴, Kate Hill ⁴, Jamie Matu ^1,⁴, Martin Stone ^2,⁹, Philip G Conaghan ^1,^2,^*

¹ Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
² NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds, UK
³ UK Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
⁴ Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
⁵ Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
⁶ MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
⁷ Pharmaco- and Device-Epidemiology Group, Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
⁸ Translational Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
⁹ Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
^* Corresponding author Email: p.conaghan@leeds.ac.uk

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