Clinical indicators in orthopaedic surgery

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 692-694

  Sherry, Eugene ^a,b   Huang, Ke ^a   Gursel, Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; SHORT SURVEY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CROSS INFECTION; FOOT ULCER; HEEL; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; PRESSURE ULCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REOPERATION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032847617     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.1999.01670.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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