Trends in elective knee arthroscopies in a population-based cohort, 2000-2009

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 197, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 399-403

  Bohensky, Megan A ^a   Sundararajan, Vijaya ^a   Andrianopoulos, Nick ^a   de Steiger, Richard N ^b,c   Bucknill, Andrew ^d   Kondogiannis, Christos M ^d   McColl, Geoffrey ^c   Brand, Caroline A ^a,d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EPWORTH HEALTHCARE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MELBOURNE HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREND STUDY; ARTHROSCOPY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871875496     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja11.11645     Document Type: Article

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