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The UK Non-Arthroplasty Hip Registry Ajay Malviya and Vikas Khanduja
The UK Non-Arthroplasty Hip Registry was established in 2012 with the support of the British Hip Society (BHS) under the leadership of Prof John Timperley, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre in Exeter.
Ajay Malviya is Chair – NAHR, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon – Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Vikas Khanduja is Past Chair – NAHR, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon – Addenbrooke’s, Cambridge.
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ver the last two decades there has been an exponential rise in the number of hip preservation procedures being performed in the UK, but at the time of the conception of the registry it was noted that in contrast to joint replacement surgery, there was a lack of outcomes data outside of small scale published series. However, evidence has evolved in time with the FASHIoN and FAIT randomised controlled trials led by Prof Damian Griffin (Coventry) and Prof Sion Glyn Jones (Oxford) at the forefront of world research. The results of these studies combined with longitudinal ‘real world’ data from the NAHR will be central in guiding future patient selection, treatment and improve outcomes.
of their time to the Registry not just by contributing patients but also by ensuring updates, improving the quality of data analyses, working on surgeon and patient compliance, maintaining finances, website development (www.nahr.co.uk) and annual reports. At the recent BHS AGM in March 2021, expansion of the NAHR Board was approved. It was decided to invite applications for the role of regional representatives (10 in total), to improve local referral pathways and surgeon engagement. It is an exciting opportunity for all surgeons to be closely involved with the NAHR.
NAHR Board
We currently have more than 15,000 patient pathways registered in the NAHR under 106 contributing surgeons. The latest monthly report from Amplitude (Figure 2) shows that after the initial drop in March/April 2020 in
The board has changed over time and currently consists of six surgeons from across the country (Figure 1) who dedicate a significant amount
Jon Conroy Figure 1: Board Members
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Number of pathways, contributing surgeons and the effect of the pandemic
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Vikas Khanduja
