Could preoperative preferences and expectations influence surgical decision making? Rheumatoid arthritis patients contemplating metacarpophalangeal joint arthroplasty

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 175-180

  Mandl, Lisa A ^a   Burke, Frank D ^a   Shaw Wilgis, E F ^a   Lyman, Stephen ^a   Katz, Jeffrey N ^a   Chung, Kevin C ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CARE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HAND DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; HUMANS; JOINT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 38049044373     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000295376.70930.7e     Document Type: Article

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