Comparison of survival and cost-effectiveness between unicondylar arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty in patients with primary osteoarthritis: A follow-up study of 50,493 knee replacements from the Finnish Arthroplasty Register

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 499-507

  Koskinen, Esa ^a   Eskelinen, Antti ^b,d   Paavolainen, Pekka ^a   Pulkkinen, Pekka ^c   Remes, Ville ^b  

^a ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Surgical Hospital   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d Coxa Hospital for Joint Replacement ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FINLAND; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REGISTER; REOPERATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REGISTRIES; REOPERATION;

EID: 51049119433     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670710015490     Document Type: Article

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