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Anne Lübbeke-Wolff
MD, MSc, DSc
Visiting Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
- Associate Professor, Division of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals and Geneva University, Switzerland
Anne Lübbeke-Wolff is a clinical researcher and epidemiologist in the field of orthopaedic surgery. She is nationally and internationally recognized for her expertise in hip and knee arthroplasty outcomes, registry research, comparative effectiveness evaluation and medical device epidemiology. Further work includes the impact of obesity on osteoarthritis and joint replacement as well as the use of patient-reported outcomes in registries. She has a longstanding experience with registries from her work with the Geneva Arthroplasty Registry (development and lead) since 2000 and the Swiss National Joint Registry (SIRIS) from 2016 to 2018. Since 2019 she is leading the International Society of Arthroplasty Registries’ (ISAR) educational programs working group.
Anne Lübbeke-Wolff was educated in Marburg, Germany, where she graduated as a doctor of medicine in 1993. After two years of training in orthopaedic surgery she moved to clinical research and completed her education with a master's degree in epidemiology (Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, 2005) and a doctor of science degree in clinical epidemiology (Erasmus University Rotterdam, 2007). She obtained the title of privat-docent at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva in 2013 and was appointed assistant professor in 2017. Since March 2018 she holds a visiting professorship of orthopaedic surgery at the University of Oxford.
Key publications
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Patient-reported outcome measures in arthroplasty registries.
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Rolfson O. et al, (2016), Acta orthop, 87 Suppl 1, 3 - 8
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Patient-reported outcome measures in arthroplasty registries Report of the Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Working Group of the International Society of Arthroplasty Registries Part II. Recommendations for selection, administration, and analysis.
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Rolfson O. et al, (2016), Acta orthop, 87 Suppl 1, 9 - 23
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A comparative assessment of small-head metal-on-metal and ceramic-on-polyethylene total hip replacement.
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Lübbeke A. et al, (2014), Bone joint j, 96-B, 868 - 875
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Strong association between smoking and the risk of revision in a cohort study of patients with metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty.
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Lübbeke A. et al, (2014), J orthop res, 32, 762 - 768
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The paradox of self-rated health following joint replacement surgery.
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Perneger T. and Lübbeke A., (2019), Qual life res, 28, 503 - 508
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Important patient characteristics differ prior to total knee arthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty between Switzerland and the United States.
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Franklin PD. et al, (2017), Bmc musculoskelet disord, 18
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International variation in shoulder arthroplasty.
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Lübbeke A. et al, (2017), Acta orthop, 88, 592 - 599
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Mapping existing hip and knee replacement registries in Europe.
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Lübbeke A. et al, (2018), Health policy, 122, 548 - 557
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Presence of IL-17 in synovial fluid identifies a potential inflammatory osteoarthritic phenotype.
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Snelling SJB. et al, (2017), Plos one, 12
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The role of national registries in improving patient safety for hip and knee replacements.
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Lübbeke A. et al, (2017), Bmc musculoskelet disord, 18
Recent publications
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The paradox of self-rated health following joint replacement surgery.
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Perneger T. and Lübbeke A., (2019), Qual life res, 28, 503 - 508
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Is There an Association Between Smoking Status and Prosthetic Joint Infection After Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty?
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Gonzalez AI. et al, (2018), J arthroplasty, 33, 2218 - 2224
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Mapping existing hip and knee replacement registries in Europe.
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Lübbeke A. et al, (2018), Health policy, 122, 548 - 557
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Research methodology for orthopaedic surgeons, with a focus on outcome.
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Lübbeke A., (2018), Efort open rev, 3, 160 - 167
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Development of a model predicting non-satisfaction 1 year after primary total knee replacement in the UK and transportation to Switzerland.
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Garriga C. et al, (2018), Sci rep, 8