The Kaiser Permanente (KP) Medical Device Surveillance and Assessment mission is to improve the quality of surgical care provided to KP members program-wide. By partnering with surgeons and leveraging integrated data systems, the Registries evaluate and monitor patient outcomes, new and existing technologies, and identify and facilitate implementation of clinical best practices applying advanced statistical analyses.
Highlights
BEST PAPER IN SPORTS MEDICINE – Patient and Operative Risk factors for Subsequent Total Knee Arthroplasty Following Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Cohort Study of 52,222 Patients
Single Wedge Femoral Stem Designs are Associated With a Higher Risk for Revision After Cementless Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty
Primary anterior lumbar interbody fusion, with and without posterior instrumentation: a 1,377-patient cohort
Optimization of Modifiable Clinical Risk Factors Before Elective Hernia Repair May Minimize Inguinal Hernia Recurrence
Aspirin is Effective and Safe Venous Thromboembolism Prevention Following Total Joint Arthroplasty, Including Higher Risk Patients