Do we need a national arthroplasty register?

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 521-523

  Victor, Jan ^a,b  

^a AZ St Lucas   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPLASTY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; SHORT SURVEY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHROPLASTY; BELGIUM; HUMANS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 33751563171     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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