§ Mr. WallaceTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland in respect of how many cases of hip joint replacement operations conducted in Scotland since 1980, patients have been readmitted to hospital for further hip replacement surgery within(a) five years and (b) 10 years of the original operation. [45775]
§ Mr. GalbraithInformation on the number of discharges following total hip replacement operations in the years 1980 to 1990, and the number of patients readmitted within 5 years and 10 years following their original operation is provided in the tables.
The number of readmissions do not directly relate to revision or failure of the original total hip replacement operations. Patients may be readmitted for operations on their other hip without any fault or problem with their earlier operation, if better or newer types of hip joint become available which would improve their quality of life.
Table 1: Discharges following a total hip replacement operation and the number of readmissions within 5 years of the original operation Year of operation Number of discharges Discharges1 Readmitted within 5 years Readmission2 rate (%) 1981 2,417 2,032 395 19.4 1982 2,144 1,746 379 21.7 1983 2,728 2,248 464 20.6 1984 2,814 2,305 460 20.0 1985 3,055 2,526 525 20.8 1986 3,218 2,636 501 19.0 1987 3,481 2,887 564 19.5 1988 3,772 3,149 674 21.4 1989 3,513 2,931 597 20.4 1990 3,686 3,076 651 21.2 1If a patient has died within the 5 year period then the procedure prior to death has been excluded. No account can be taken of the migration of patients 2 Readmission rate—number of readmissions within 5 years expressed as a percentage of the number of operations for total hip replacement (excluding patients who had died). This is NOT the total hip replacement revision or failure rate as for example the first operation could be the left hip and the second operation the right hip Source:
ISD Scotland, SMRI linked database
Table 2: Discharges following a total hip replacement operation and the number of readmissions within 10 years of the original operation Year of operation Number of discharges Discharges1 Readmitted within 10 years Readmission2 rate (%) 1981 2,417 1,623 607 37.4 1982 2,144 1,399 545 39.0 1983 2,728 1,814 669 36.9 1984 2,814 1,830 673 36.8 1985 3,055 2,060 804 39.0 1If a patient has died within the 10 year period then the procedure prior to death has been excluded. No account can be taken of the migration of patients 2Readmission rate—number of readmissions within 10 years expressed as a percentage of the number of operations for total hip replacement (excluding patients who had died). This is NOT the total hip replacement revision or failure rate as for example the first operation could be the left hip and the second operation the right hip Source:
ISD Scotland, SMRI linked database