Effects of Increased Surgical Volume on Total Knee Arthroplasty Complications

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 23, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 61-67

  Schroer, William C ^a   Calvert, George T ^a   Diesfeld, Paul J ^a   Reedy, Mary E ^a   LeMarr, Angela R ^a  

^a St Louis Joint Replacement Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

complications; MIS TKA; surgical volume

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; SURGEON; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 49549106902     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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