Operative Risk of Staged Bilateral Knee Arthroplasty is Underestimated in Retrospective Studies

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1198-1204

  Kim, Sunny ^a   Meehan, John P ^a   White, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Complications; Operative risk; Safety; TKA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAGED TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; SURGICAL RISK;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PUBLICATION BIAS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80755140649     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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