Orthopaedic procedure volume and patient outcomes: A systematic literature review

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 457, Issue , 2007, Pages 35-41

  Shervin, Nina ^a,c   Rubash, Harry E ^a,b   Katz, Jeffrey N ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP DISLOCATION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MORTALITY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGEON; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORKLOAD;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MORTALITY; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34147154813     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BLO.0b013e3180375514     Document Type: Conference Paper

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