Primary total knee arthroplasty in California 1991 to 2001: Does hospital volume affect outcomes?

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 199-205

  SooHoo, Nelson F ^a   Zingmond, David S ^a   Lieberman, Jay R ^a   Ko, Clifford Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcomes; Surgical volume; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644760375     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2005.03.027     Document Type: Article

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