Use of unicompartmental instead of tricompartmental prostheses for unicompartmental arthrosis in the knee is a cost-effective alternative. 15,437 primary tricompartmental prostheses were compared with 10,624 primary medial or lateral unicompartmental prostheses

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 170-175

  Robertsson, Otto ^a   Borgquist, Lars ^b   Knutson, Kaj ^a   Lewold, Stefan ^a   Lidgren, Lars ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 0006953377     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679909011257     Document Type: Article

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