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SUBMITTER: Malcolm T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4640948 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Malcolm Tennison T Szubski Caleb R CR Schiltz Nicholas K NK Klika Alison K AK Koroukian Siran M SM Barsoum Wael K WK
The Journal of arthroplasty 20150519 11
"Off-label use" refers to medical device utilization for purposes or subpopulations other than those approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration. The primary goal of this study was to determine the current epidemiology of off-label total hip and knee arthroplasties (THA and TKA, respectively) in the United States and to project further off-label use through 2040. Over the past decade, the prevalence of off-label THA and TKA was 30.4% and 37.0%, respectively, growing ~70% from 2000 ...[more]