CHSJ

Curr Health Sci J, vol. 36, no. 2, 2010

Data on Endoprosthetic Hip Replacement in Romania, in the Period 2003–2010

[Original paper]

C.V. PUIA(1), C. POLINICENCU(1)


(1)“Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca


Abstract:

Endoprosthetic hip replacement is a reconstructive surgery procedure for the prosthetic replacement of the hip joint components. The aim is to restore the joint mobility and normal function of all periarticular structures that control the joint motion, allowing operated patients to live a normal life. The paper aims to present the situation of endoprosthetic hip replacements in Romania from 2003 to the present, including the number of interventions performed (primary and revision surgery), their costs, the main types of implanted prostheses, the sex distribution of endoprosthetic replacements, the reporting and recording procedures of the interventions performed. All Romanian citizens who have a medical insurance benefit from prostheses free of charge. As the demand for endoprostheses is very high and the allocated funds are insufficient, patients are placed on waiting lists. Part of these, who can no longer wait, pay for their prostheses. There are no separate data on patients paying for their prostheses and those benefiting from them free of charge. The existing data only refer to the total number of endoprosthetic replacements performed.


Keywords: National Endoprosthesis Register, endoprosthetic hip replacement, costs



Corresponding: Cristian Vasile Puia, MD, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, e-mail: cristianpuia2@yahoo.com


DOI 10.12865/CHSJ.36.02.08 - Download PDF
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