A prospective assessment of patient outcomes following joint replacement surgery

This is a prospective, observational cohort study assessing patient outcomes after joint replacement surgery. The purpose of this study is to assess clinical outcomes within the Investigator’s practice. The primary objective of this protocol is the implementation of an ongoing registry to collate and store patient outcomes collected routinely as part of the standard clinical pathway for hip and knee arthroplasty at the Investigator’s practice. Outcomes will include objective joint function, pain, satisfaction, quality of life, radiology and revision surgery. The secondary objective is to integrate the clinical outcomes with analyses provided by the Australian National Joint Replacement Registry. Recruitment will include all patients electing to undergo hip or knee arthroplasty surgery within the investigator's practice. Patients will undergo standard of care preoperative work-up, including the collection of demographic, medical history, radiology, pathology, and functional analysis. Patients will be required to complete the; EQ-5D 5L, and specific joint function outcomes will include Harris Hip Score (HHS), Oxford Hip Score (OHS), Oxford Knee Score (OKS), International Knee Society score (IKSS). Patient evaluation will be completed at the following time points: preoperatively and postoperatively at 2 to 6 weeks, 3 months, 12 months, 24 months and 5 years. The clinical outcomes of individual patients will be monitored up to 5 years postoperatively.