Influence of race on risk of total knee revision

Editor's Note

Blacks are at a significantly higher risk of having total knee revision surgery within 5 years than whites, finds a study presented at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

The risk of revision was 38% higher in blacks. When blacks undergo knee replacement they tend to have more advanced disease, which may be part of the reason they are more prone to complications such as revision, the authors say.

Add to Favorites Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Citations American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting Newswise - Although complication and mortality rates following knee replacement surgery have decreased in recent years, 4% of patients receiving the procedure require a revision surgery on the same knee within five years.