Fast Track THR: One Hospital's Experience with a 2-Day Length of Stay Protocol for Total Hip Replacement

HSS Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 223-228

  Gulotta, Lawrence V ^a   Padgett, Douglas E ^a   Sculco, Thomas P ^a   Urban, Michael ^a   Lyman, Stephen ^a   Nestor, Bryan J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

accelerated discharge; clinical pathway; postoperative protocol; total hip replacement

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054009612     PISSN: 15563316     EISSN: 15563324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11420-011-9207-2     Document Type: Article

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