The trainer, the trainee and the surgeons' assistant: Clinical outcomes following total hip replacement

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 928-934

  Palan, J ^a   Gulati, A ^a   Andrew, J G ^a,b   Murray, D W ^a   Beard, D J ^a   Gibson, P ^c   Nolan, J ^c   Hamer, A ^c   Fordyce, M ^c   Tuson, K ^c   Potter, A ^c   McGovern, A ^c   Reilly, K ^c   Jenkins, C ^c   Cooper, A ^c   Darrah, C ^c   Cawton, L ^c   Inaparthy, P ^c   Pitchfork, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b YSBYTY GWYNEDD   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIP DISLOCATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CLINICAL AUDIT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650159896     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.91B7.22021     Document Type: Article

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