Zhang, Zhichang
Driskill, Elizabeth
Chi, Jialun
Duensing, Ian
Cui, Quanjun https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4285-4488
Article History
Received: 30 April 2023
Accepted: 18 May 2023
First Online: 30 May 2023
Declarations
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: This retrospective research study utilized the PearlDiver Patient Records Database, a national private payer insurance database that contains indexed and de-identified data. The database consists of procedural volumes and patient demographics for patients with International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision diagnoses (ICD-9), 10th Revision diagnoses (ICD-10), and procedures or Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes. Our Institutional Review Board deemed this study exempt, including the need for participants’ consent to participate and publish the results.
: The authors, Zhichang Zhang, Elizabeth Driskill, and Jialun Chi, declare they have no financial interests. Author Ian Duensing has been involved in 2 multicenter prospective randomized trials investigating periprosthetic joint infection of the hip and knee through which funding was received from Osteal Therapeutics and Trellis Bioscience. Author Quanjun Cui has received research support from Depuy and Exactech, royalty from Elsevier. He is a board member of the Association Research Circulation Osseous (ARCO).