Operating room Traffic is a major concern during total joint arthroplasty hip

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 470, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2690-2694

  Panahi, Pedram ^a   Stroh, Mitchell ^a   Casper, David S ^a   Parvizi, Javad ^a   Austin, Matthew S ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOOR CLOSING; DOOR OPENING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAMINAR FLOW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTION; OBSERVER BIAS; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; OPERATING ROOM TRAFFIC; OPERATION DURATION; PRIMARY TOTAL JOINT ARTHROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL JOINT ARTHROPLASTY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 84866348422     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-012-2252-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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