Estimated future caseload

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Estimated future caseload
Year Primary total hip replacement Revision total hip replacement Primary total knee replacement Revision total knee replacement Total procedures Surgeons, n Mean caseload per surgeon
2010 253 367 47 814 663 007 55 250 1 019 438 19 631 51.9
2020 384 324 67 607 1 520 348 120 928 2 093 207 23 043 90.8
2030 572 088 96 736 3 481 977 268 157 4 418 958 26 455 167
Kurtz SM et al. American Academy of Orthopaedic
Surgeons 2006 meeting March 22-24, 2006
Chicago, IL. Scientific exhibit 53.
Shortage of orthopedic surgeons projected in the
US Rheumawire gt News Mar 27, 2006