Should we pay attention to surgeon or hospital volume in total knee arthroplasty? Evidence from a nationwide population-based study.

Tsung-Hsien YuYing-Yi ChouYu-Chi Tung
Published in: PloS one (2019)
According to the results of the restricted cubic spline models, the optimal volume thresholds for surgeons and hospitals are 50 cases and 75 cases a year, respectively. However, only the surgeon volume threshold is associated with 30-day readmission.