Effects of preoperative gait analysis on costs and amount of surgery

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 558-563

  Wren, Tishya A L ^a   Kalisvaart, Michael M ^a   Ghatan, Christine E ^a   Rethlefsen, Susan A ^a   Hara, Reiko ^a   Sheng, Minya ^b   Chan, Linda S ^b   Kay, Robert M ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Cost analysis; Effcacy; Gait analysis

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CAPSULOTOMY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PELVIS OSTEOTOMY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGEON; TENDON TRANSFER; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 69749097337     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181b2f8c2     Document Type: Article

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