Is minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty associated with lower costs than traditional TKA?

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 469, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1716-1720

  King, Jason C ^a   Manner, Paul A ^a   Stamper, Daniel L ^a   Schaad, Douglas C ^a   Leopold, Seth S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 79959540183     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-010-1648-2     Document Type: Article

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