Patient specific cutting blocks are currently of no proven value

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 94 B, Issue 11 SUPPL.A, 2012, Pages 95-99

  Barrack, R L ^a   Ruh, E L ^a   Williams, B M ^a   Ford, A D ^a,b   Foreman, K ^a,b   Nunley, R M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OPERATIVE TIME; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 84870234400     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.94B11.30834     Document Type: Article

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