Implants

Please find the document 'Prostheses used in hip, knee, ankle, elbow and shoulder replacements in 2014' in the right-hand column under 'PDF downloads'.

This accompanies the main NJR Annual Report and contains information on:

• Prostheses used in hip procedures
• Prostheses used in knee procedures
• Prostheses used in ankle procedures
• Prostheses used in elbow procedures
• Prostheses used in shoulder procedures
• Cement use and
• Bone substitute use

A new section has been added to the 12th edition of the NJR Annual Report this year, detailing the work of the Implant Performance Committee and the reporting of implant performance to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)

The implant scrutiny group reports Level 1 outlier implants to the MHRA. Since the committee’s formation in 2009 there have been three hip stems, three hip acetabular (cup) components and seventeen hip stem/cup combinations reported. Four knee brands have been notified.

Details of these implants, when they were notified and their last usage date can be found in the downloadable document on the right – ‘Trust-, Local Health Board-, and unit-level activity and outcomes’.