The Non Arthroplasty Hip Register (NAHR)

Abstract

Dear Sir, These are exciting times in the orthopaedic world with the profession taking the lead in collecting data to define the natural history of disease processes and the success of our surgical interventions. Initiatives include the National Joint Registry (NJR), National Hip Fracture Database (NHFD), the collection of national Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMS) data, a national register for spinal surgery through the British Association of Spinal Surgery (BASS), and a planned soft-tissue knee surgery register (Knee Ligament Registry). With the formation of all these national registers the UK may indeed be entering a golden …