Patients are more satisfied than they expected after joint arthroplasty

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-63

  Brokelman, Roy ^a   Van Loon, Corne ^a   Van Susante, Job ^a   Van Kampen, Albert ^b   Veth, Rene ^b  

^a RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Expectation; Outcome; Satisfaction; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40849141008     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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