Total Joint Arthroplasties: Current Concepts of Patient Outcomes after Surgery

Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-86

  Jones, C Allyson ^a,b   Beaupre, Lauren A ^c   Johnston, D W C ^c   Suarez Almazor, Maria E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Canada)

^c Division of Orthopaedics   (Canada)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; OBESITY; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; MOTION THERAPY, CONTINUOUS PASSIVE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REOPERATION;

EID: 33947137337     PISSN: 0889857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rdc.2006.12.008     Document Type: Review

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