The Journal of Arthroplasty
Volume 26, Issue 6, Supplement , Pages 92-98.e3, September 2011

Do Patients Return to Work After Hip Arthroplasty Surgery

  • Ryan M. Nunley, MD

      Affiliations

    • Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics, Saint Louis, Missouri
    • VA Medical Center, John Cochran Division, Saint Louis, Missouri
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ryan M. Nunley, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, One Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza, 11300 West Pavilion, St Louis, MO 63110.
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  • Erin L. Ruh, MS

      Affiliations

    • Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics, Saint Louis, Missouri
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  • Qin Zhang, MD, MPE

      Affiliations

    • Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics, Saint Louis, Missouri
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  • Craig J. Della Valle, MD

      Affiliations

    • Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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  • C. Anderson Engh Jr., MD

      Affiliations

    • Anderson Orthopaedic Clinic, Arlington, Virginia
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  • Michael E. Berend, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Center for Hip and Knee Surgery, JRSI Foundation, Inc, Mooresville, Indiana
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  • Javad Parvizi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Thomas Jefferson University Medical School, Rothman Institute of Orthopaedics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • John C. Clohisy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics, Saint Louis, Missouri
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  • Robert L. Barrack, MD

      Affiliations

    • Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics, Saint Louis, Missouri

Received 13 July 2010; accepted 23 March 2011. published online 23 May 2011.

Abstract 

Improvements in total hip arthroplasty implant design and advances in bearing materials, including modern surface arthroplasty, have resulted in these procedures being performed in younger and more active patients. There is limited information in the literature to provide to patients, employers, and insurance companies about returning to work after hip arthroplasty surgery. We conducted a multicenter telephone survey on 943 patients younger than 60 years with a University of California, Los Angeles, activity score of 6 or higher (regularly participates in moderate activities) who underwent hip arthroplasty surgery between 2005 and 2007 at a minimum of 1 year after surgery. We found that most young, active patients employed before surgery can expect to return to work (90.4%), with the vast majority returning to their preoperative occupation, and very few (2.3%) were limited in their ability to return to work because of their operative hip.

Keywords: total hip arthroplasty, surface arthroplasty, employment, work ability

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 Supplementary material available at www.arthroplastyjournal.org.

 The Conflict of Interest statement associated with this article can be found at doi:10.1016/j.arth.2011.03.038.

PII: S0883-5403(11)00150-1

doi:10.1016/j.arth.2011.03.038

The Journal of Arthroplasty
Volume 26, Issue 6, Supplement , Pages 92-98.e3, September 2011

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