Total cost and operating room time comparison of rotator cuff repair techniques at low, intermediate, and high volume centers: Mini-open versus all-arthroscopic

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 716-721

  Churchill, R Sean ^a   Ghorai, Jugal K ^b  

^a Advanced Healthcare   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

arthroscopic rotator cuff repair; Cost effectiveness; mini open; rotator cuff repair; shoulder arthroscopy

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY; SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ARTHROSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOM; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATOR CUFF; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ARTHROSCOPY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; OPERATING ROOMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATOR CUFF; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURGICENTERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953119549     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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