Increased surgical volume is associated with lower THA dislocation rates

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 447, Issue , 2006, Pages 28-33

  Battaglia, Todd C ^a,b   Mulhall, Kevin J ^a   Brown, Thomas E ^a   Saleh, Khaled J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HIP DISLOCATION; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; WORKLOAD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP PROSTHESIS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVALUATION STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HIP DISLOCATION; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746058334     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000218743.99741.f0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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