Medicolegal aspects of hip and knee arthroplasty

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 433, Issue , 2005, Pages 72-76

  Attarian, David E ^a,b   Vail, Thomas Parker ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE SURGERY; MALPRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRONG SITE SURGERY;

EID: 16844382115     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000159765.42036.56     Document Type: Conference Paper

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