Safety and hospital costs of Achilles tendon surgery: The serendipitous impact of a randomized clinical trial

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 467-472

  Goel, Danny P ^a   Chan, Denise ^a   Watson, Kathryn ^a   Mohtadi, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUPTURE; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBERTA; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT READMISSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449112358     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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