RT Journal
A1 Sedrakyan, Art
A1 Paxton, Elizabeth W.
A1 Marinac-Dabic, Danica
T1 Stages and Tools for Multinational Collaboration: The Perspective from the Coordinating Center of the International Consortium of Orthopaedic Registries (ICOR)
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 2011
FD December 21
VO 93
IS Supplement_3
SP 76
OP 80
DO 10.2106/JBJS.K.01141
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.K.01141
AB 
National and regional orthopaedic registries are an important resource for addressing the growing safety and effectiveness concerns associated with orthopaedic implants worldwide. Unfortunately, even the largest single-country registries or large regional registries are not large or diverse enough to address the needs of a variety of stakeholders such as patients, clinicians, regulatory agencies, payers, and manufacturers. The International Consortium of Orthopaedic Registries (ICOR) is a robust initiative whose aim is to overcome the limitations of individual registries and create an infrastructure for multinational, multiregional evaluations of orthopaedic devices and procedures through a network of international registries1.