Coverage and accuracy of diagnosis of cruciate ligament injury in the Finnish National Hospital Discharge Register

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1373-1376

  Mattila, Ville M ^a,b   Sillanpää, Petri ^a,b   Iivonen, Tuomo ^a   Parkkari, Jari ^c   Kannus, Pekka ^c   Pihlajamäki, Harri ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR MILITARY MEDICINE   (Finland)

^b Hameenlinna Central Hospital   (Finland)

^c UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Coverage; Cruciate ligament injury; Hospital discharge register; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE REGISTRY; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54049106623     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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