Knee replacement

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9823, 2012, Pages 1331-1340

  Carr, Andrew J ^a   Robertsson, Otto ^b   Graves, Stephen ^c   Price, Andrew J ^a   Arden, Nigel K ^a   Judge, Andrew ^a   Beard, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; IMPLANT REGISTRY; INCIDENCE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH KOREA; SURGEON; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859429242     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60752-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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