Dr David Samra's Clinical Outcomes

Outcome Highlights

Four key performance outcomes for Dr David Samra are:

Partial Knee Replacement revision free at x years: xxx%
Total Knee Replacement revision free at x years: xxx%
Total Hip Replacement revision free at x years: xxx%
Infection rate for all procedures: xxx%

A revision is where a patient has surgery to replace one or more joint replacement component due to complications or other issues with the joint.

From [year] to [year] Dr David Samra performed xxx hip and knee replacements and only xx have required revision surgery. This is better than the national average.

From [year] to [year] Dr David Samra performed a total of xxx hip and knee procedures and only xx have developed a postoperative infection.

What is a Clinical Outcome?

A clinical outcome refers to the result of any clinical treatment. Dr David Samra is a member of the orthopaedic team at MBU which has a robust system of monitoring clinical outcomes. This system comprehensively audits all clinical operations. This includes inputs from:

Patients
Surgeons
Nursing & administration staff
as well as feedback from health funds and other hospitals.

The data is reviewed and analysed annually by independent statisticians from Flinders Medical Centre.

Dr David Samra
Sport and Exercise Physician
Clinical Outcome Audit

Dr David Samra chairs the Clinical Outcomes Committee and the Clinical Audit which monitors this data and we are confident that it is more comprehensive and accurate than that collected by any other private hospital or clinic in Sydney.

Dr David Samra moved his private practice to

Dr David Samra

Sport and Exercise Physician

in [year], and since then has performed approximately xxx hip and knee procedures per year at

Dr David Samra

Sport and Exercise Physician

. These reports include all of these procedures from 1 Jan [year] to 31 Dec [year] and are updated annually.

Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry

The Australian National Joint Replacement Registry is recognized internationally as one of the best in the world and monitors the revision rate of all joint replacements performed in Australia. It is based at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute and funded by the Federal Government. Since late 2008 all hip and knee replacement in Australia have been recorded in the registry with the surgeon identified, enabling accurate reporting of an individual surgeon's results.

Revision rate of joint replacement is largely a reflection of a surgeon's skill, experience and selection of the best performing prostheses. Patients have a right to know a surgeon's revision rate and should ask for this data. Patients cannot access a surgeon's results but all surgeons in Australia can access the registry and provide this data in a few minutes.