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Surgical Trends in Articular Cartilage Injuries of the Knee, Analysis of the Truven Health MarketScan Commercial Claims Database from 2005-2014.

ABSTRACT: Purpose:To evaluate trends in procedures for the treatment of chondral injuries of the knee using the MarketScan database in the hope that further work can be performed to refine the indications for chondral intervention. Methods:The MarketScan Research Database was searched using Current Procedure Terminology, 4th edition, codes to identify patients who underwent chondral procedures of the knee from 2005-2014. Combined procedures, including meniscal transplant or osteotomy, were also identified. Patients were characterized by gender, age group and year of initial procedure. A ?2 test was used to evaluate differences in surgical trends between individual patient groups delineated by age and gender. The Cochran-Armitage trend test was used to identify significant differences in surgical trends yearly. Results:Of 148,373,254 unique patients, 520,934 patients underwent a total of 599,119 procedures. Arthroscopy with debridement/shaving of articular cartilage decreased in proportion from 75% of all procedures in 2005 to 51% of all procedures in 2014 (P < .0001). Open osteochondral allograft saw the greatest change during the study period; a higher number of females than males underwent condral procedures (P < .0001). Patients aged 45-54 underwent the most procedures (32.9% of all procedures). A total of 483 patients underwent chondral procedures in conjunction with meniscal transplant with variable incidence during the study period. A total of 1,418 patients underwent chondral procedures in conjunction with osteotomy; cumulative incidence decreased from 4.5 procedures per 1,000,000 patients/year in 2005 to 2.6 procedures per 1,000,000 patients/year in 2014 (P < .0001). Conclusions:Knee arthroscopy with debridement/shaving of articular cartilage remains the most common procedure performed. Although open allograft and autograft transplantation saw a sustained increase in incidence, the overall incidence of cartilage procedures, as well as those performed with osteotomies, declined. Level of Evidence:Level IV, cross-sectional study.

SUBMITTER: Bonazza NA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7120850 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Surgical Trends in Articular Cartilage Injuries of the Knee, Analysis of the Truven Health MarketScan Commercial Claims Database from 2005-2014.

Bonazza Nicholas A NA Smuin Dallas M DM Joshi Rajat R Ba Djibril D Liu Guodong G Leslie Douglas L DL Dhawan Aman A

Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation 20191129 2

<h4>Purpose</h4>To evaluate trends in procedures for the treatment of chondral injuries of the knee using the MarketScan database in the hope that further work can be performed to refine the indications for chondral intervention.<h4>Methods</h4>The MarketScan Research Database was searched using Current Procedure Terminology, 4th edition, codes to identify patients who underwent chondral procedures of the knee from 2005-2014. Combined procedures, including meniscal transplant or osteotomy, were ...[more]

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Project description:Purpose:To determine whether there is increasing surgical management of adolescent sports injuries and whether the average age of surgical patients is decreasing. Methods:The Truven Health MarketScan Database was searched from 2008 to 2014 for patients 10 to 19 years of age using the International Classification of Disease, 9th Revision codes and Current Procedure Terminology, 4th Edition, codes for operative treatment for the following conditions: anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries, knee collateral ligament (KCL) injuries, meniscal injuries, Osgood-Schlatter syndrome, and elbow ulnar collateral ligament injuries. Patients identified were characterized by sex, age, year of injury, and type of residence (urban vs rural) based on metropolitan statistical areas. Results:A total of 516,892 patients sustained 1 of the identified injuries, and 133,541 (25.8%) patients underwent a related surgery. KCL and meniscal injuries demonstrated a consistent increase in the rate of surgical intervention (P < .0001). Average age of surgical intervention did not increase or decrease overall for any diagnosis. Female adolescents were more likely to undergo surgery for KCL injuries (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.7, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.58-1.79, P < .0001), Osgood-Schlatter syndrome (aOR 1.8, 95% CI 1.38-2.39, P < .0001), and ACL injuries (aOR 1.5, 95% CI 1.45-1.52, P < .0001), whereas male adolescents were more likely to undergo surgery for meniscal injuries (aOR 1.3, 95% CI 1.24-1.30, P < .0001) and ulnar collateral ligament injuries (aOR 1.1, 95% CI 1.06-1.23, P < .0005). Patients in rural areas were more likely to undergo surgical intervention for ACL and meniscal injuries (P < .0001) and KCL injuries (P = .02). Conclusions:We found that surgical treatment of 5 common sports injuries remains stable, with only KCL injuries and meniscal injuries showing an increase in surgical incidence. Average age of surgical intervention did not change significantly over the 7-year time span for any diagnosis. Level of Evidence:Level IV, Cross Sectional Study.

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Surgical Trends in Articular Cartilage Injuries of the Knee, Analysis of the Truven Health MarketScan Commercial Claims Database from 2005-2014.

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Surgical Trends in Articular Cartilage Injuries of the Knee, Analysis of the Truven Health MarketScan Commercial Claims Database from 2005-2014.

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