Development of a clinical pathway for total knee arthroplasty and the effect on length of stay and in-hospital functional outcome

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 439-444

  Vanhaecht, Kris ^a,b   Sermeus, Walter ^a,b   Tuerlinckx, Gerd ^a   Witters, Ine ^a   Vandenneucker, Hilde ^a   Bellemans, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Clinical pathway; Knee

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BELGIUM; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24644496627     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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