At the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons' annual meeting, which commences tomorrow, findings from the most comprehensive data registry of total hip and knee replacements will be revealed. Dubbed FORCE-TJR, the registry of 30,000-plus patients includes information about risk factors, patient-reported measures of pain, clinical measures like readmission, infection rates, adverse events, and more. "With this data, for the first time, we can compare patients' physical outcomes with varied implants, surgical approaches and follow-up programs. We have benchmarks to use to see where our patients fall on a national spectrum both pre- and post-surgery," said Dr. David Ayers, one of the leaders of the data registry and chair of the department of orthopedics and physical rehabilitation at UMass Medical School. FORCE-TJR was funded by a $12 million grant from the federal Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality. More