Day-case or short-stay admission for arthroscopic knee surgery: A randomised controlled trial

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 146-149

  Weale, A E ^a,c   Ackroyd, C E ^a   Mani, G V ^a,b   Winson, I G ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambulatory surgery; Arthroscopy; Knee

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CHONDROMALACIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ARTHROSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031931719     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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