Do hip OA patients referred to orthopedic surgeons by general practitioners and rheumatologists differ?
Clinical Rheumatology, 06/08/2012
Samson M et al. – Patients consulting a surgeon to discuss total hip arthroplasty (THA) were more likely to be operated on when referred by a rheumatologist, which might be due to differences in the rheumatologists’ and general practitioners (GPs)’ opinions on the right time to perform surgery or due to differences in the populations followed by rheumatologists and GPs, those followed by rheumatologists being younger, more active, more urban, with a greater willingness to undergo surgery.
