The results of total knee arthroplasty in Workers' Compensation patients

Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 80-83

  Brinker, Mark R ^a,b   Savory, Carlton G ^c   Weeden, Steven H ^d   Aucoin, Henry C ^a   Curd, David T ^a  

^a TEXAS ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HUGHSTON CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Total knee arthroplasty; Workers' Compensation

Indexed keywords

ORTHOPEDICS; SURGERY;

TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RATING SCALE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0031853150     PISSN: 00185647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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