Clin Orthop Surg.  2022 Dec;14(4):500-506. 10.4055/cios22027.

Trends in Surgical Treatment of Femoral Head Osteonecrosis in South Korea: An Analysis Using Nationwide Claims Database

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
  • 2Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
  • 3Data Science Team, Pharmaceutical. Co., Ltd., Seoul, Korea
  • 4Department of Biostatistics, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
  • 5Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Background
Osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) involves young or middle-aged adults, and its incidence is increasing along with increasing use of steroids in the management of organ transplantation and adjuvant therapy for malignant neoplasms. To date, no pharmacological agent has been proven to prevent or retard the progression of ONFH, and surgical procedures including joint preservation procedures and hip arthroplasties are main treatments for the disease. Although ONFH is the most common or second most common disease for hip arthroplasty in East Asian countries, the trend of surgical procedures in this region remains unknown. Thus, we evaluated trends in surgical treatment of the disease in South Korea.
Methods
We identified patients with ONFH from the Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment (HIRA) database, a nationwide medical claims database of South Korea, between January 2007 and December 2018 and calculated the proportions of following surgical procedures at each year: total hip arthroplasty (THA), hemiarthroplasty (HA), core decompression/multiple drilling, femoral osteotomy, and vascularized bone grafting.
Results
The total number of procedures increased from 3,824 in 2007 to 6,929 in 2018. Overall, the rate of THA (86%) was far greater than other procedures. From 2007 to 2018, the percentage of THA among the procedures increased from 80% to 91%, while that of joint preservation procedures decreased from 11% to 5%.
Conclusions
The total number of surgical procedures performed for ONFH increased and the percentage of THA increased, while that of joint preservation procedures decreased from 2007 to 2018 in South Korea.

Keyword

Hip; Hip; Osteonecrosis; Osteonecrosis; Avascular necrosis; Avascular necrosis; Therapy; Therapy; Trends; Trends
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