Relationship between surgical volume and early outcomes of total hip arthroplasty: Do results continue to get better?

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 694-699

  Sharkey, Peter F ^a,b   Shastri, Shani ^a   Teloken, Marco A ^a   Parvizi, Javad ^a   Hozack, William J ^a   Rothman, Richard H ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROTHMAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

complications; surgical volume; total hip arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4444276710     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2004.02.040     Document Type: Article

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