Safety and cost benefits of bilateral total knee replacement in an acute hospital

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 739-746

  Stubbs, Geoffrey ^a,b   Pryke, S E R ^a   Tewari, Sandeep ^a   Rogers, Janine ^a   Crowe, Bethany ^a   Bridgfoot, Lynnet ^a   Smith, Natalie ^a  

^a ACT Health   (Australia)

^b Corinna Chambers ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood transfusions; Concomitant conditions; Cost analysis; Length of stay in hospital; Osteoarthritis; Patient outcome assessment; Surgical blood loss; Total knee replacement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILATERAL TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRODUCTIVITY; SAFETY; STAGED BILATERAL TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; SYNCHRONOUS BILATERAL TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644674551     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03516.x     Document Type: Article

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