October 05, 2007

Prospective Evaluation of the Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Total Joint Replacement: The HSS Hip Arthroplasty Cohort

IRB Number: 26131

Institutional Review Board
Hospital for Special Surgery

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Principal Investigator

Thomas P. Sculco, MD

Co-Investigators

Stephen Goldring, MD
Jo Hannafin, MD, PhD
Whitney Johnson, BA
Jonathan Kassak, BS, MBA 
Stephen Lyman, PhD 
Lisa Mandl, MD, MPH  
Robert Marx, MD, MSc
Madhu Mazumdar, PhD 
Alvin Mushlin, MD, ScM  
Renee Razzano, MA   
Laura Robbins, MSW  
Carolyn Thai, BA   
Geoffrey H. Westrich, MD
Friedrich Boettner, MD
Mark P. Figgie, MD
Mathias P. Bostrom, MD
Michael M. Alexiades, MD
Phillip D. Wilson Jr., MD
Douglas E. Padgett, MD
Russell E. Windsor, MD
Alejandro Gonzalez Della Valle, MD
Steven B. Haas, MD
David J. Mayman, MD
Charles N. Cornell, MD
Susan Bloomberg
Jason Guardado
Jessica Ryu
Elizabeth Cody
John Rutledge
Kenneth Mathis, MD
Nadia Camille

Summary

We will enroll all THA patients who undergo surgery at HSS and consent to be in the study.  We estimate this to be approximately 2600 patients a year, based on 2006 data.  (2648 THA were performed at HSS in 2006). Patients will receive follow-up questionnaires at one year, two years, and five years after their surgery.

Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria

Patients 18 years or older undergoing total hip arthroplasty at HSS

Contact Information

Principal Investigator
Thomas Sculco, MD
212.606.2478

Research Coordinator
Carolyn Thai
212.774.2754