The safety of simultaneous bilateral versus unilateral total knee arthroplasty: The experience in a Korean hospital

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-49

  Shin, Y H ^a   Kim, M H ^a   Ko, J S ^a   Park, J A ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Perioperative complications; Simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty; Total knee arthroplasty; Unilateral total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INCIDENCE; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KOREA; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77950386578     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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