The cost-effectiveness of limb salvage for bone tumours

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 558-561

  Grimer, Robert J ^a   Carter, Simon R ^a   Pynsent, Paul B ^a  

^a ROYAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE TUMOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDOPROSTHESIS; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB SALVAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AMPUTATION; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BONE NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS;

EID: 0030837345     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.79B4.7687     Document Type: Conference Paper

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