High-volume surgeons in regard to reductions in operating time, blood loss, and postoperative complications for total hip arthroplasty

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-9

  Yasunaga, Hideo ^a   Tsuchiya, Kazuaki ^b   Matsuyama, Yutaka ^c   Ohe, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART DISEASE; HIP DISLOCATION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 60349112308     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-008-1289-4     Document Type: Article

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