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A new study by researchers at NDORMS, University of Oxford now published in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage found that the average lifetime risk of needing further surgery following knee and hip replacement – revision surgery – was around 5% after knee replacement and 8% after hip replacement, with neither body mass index (BMI, combining an individual's height and weight) or smoking having any meaningful effect on these risks.
Meet the team
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Ed Burn
Senior Researcher in Epidemiology and Health Economics
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Daniel Prieto-Alhambra
Professor of Pharmaco- and Device Epidemiology
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Rafael Pinedo Villanueva
Associate Professor
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David Murray
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
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Cyrus Cooper
Professor of Musculoskeletal Science, University of Oxford
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The impact of bmi and smoking on risk of revision following knee and hip replacement surgery: evidence from routinely collected data
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, May 2019