Center and surgeon volume influence the revision rate following unicondylar knee replacement an analysis of 23,400 medial cemented unicondylar knee replacements

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 702-709

  Baker, Paul ^a   Jameson, Simon ^b   Critchley, Rebecca ^c   Reed, Mike ^c   Gregg, Paul ^b   Deehan, David ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WANSBECK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE IMPLANT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURVIVAL RATE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; UNICONDYLAR KNEE REPLACEMENT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880154545     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.L.00520     Document Type: Article

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