Determining the necessity for routine pathologic examinations in uncomplicated total hip and total knee arthroplasties

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-71

  Meding, John B ^a,b   Ritter, Merrill A ^a   Jones, Nicole L ^a   Keating, E Michael ^a   Faris, Philip M ^a  

^a Orthopaedics Indianapolis   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HIP AND KNEE SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pathologic examination; Total hip arthroplasty; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0033982933     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-5403(00)91233-6     Document Type: Article

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