Total elbow arthroplasty in rheumatoid arthritis: A population-based study from the finnish arthroplasty register

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 472-477

  Skyttä, Eerik T ^a,b   Eskelinen, Antti ^a,b   Paavolainen, Pekka ^c   Ikävalko, Mikko ^d,e   Remes, Ville ^a  

^a PEIJAS HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b COXA Hospital for Joint Replacement ^*  (Finland)

^c ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELBOW; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REGISTER; REOPERATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REGISTRIES; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74249121520     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453670903110642     Document Type: Article

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