A survey of patients' attitude toward total knee replacement in a major center in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1291-1293

  Behairy, Yaser M ^a   Motuweh, Saleh H ^a   Kathlan, Khalid A ^a  

^a KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 5044228903     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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