Bilateral total knee arthroplasty - Staged or simultaneous? Ontario's orthopedic surgeons reply

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 273-276

  Leitch, K Kellie ^a   Dalgorf, Dustin ^b   Borkhoff, Cornelia M ^b   Kreder, Hans J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS; DRILL; FAT EMBOLISM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUCTION; SURGEON; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TOURNIQUET;

ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; HUMANS; KNEE; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 24744455464     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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