How to document and report orthopedic complications in clinical studies? A proposal for standardization

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 269-275

  Audigé, Laurent ^a   Goldhahn, Sabine ^a   Daigl, Monica ^a   Goldhahn, Jörg ^b   Blauth, Michael ^c   Hanson, Beate ^a  

^a AO FOUNDATION   (Switzerland)

^b SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Clinical studies; Orthopedics; Safety; Standardization; Surgical complications; Traumatology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPLICATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; ORTHOPEDIC COMPLICATION; ORTHOPEDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DOCUMENTATION; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SHOULDER FRACTURES;

EID: 84895803085     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: 14343916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-011-1384-4     Document Type: Article

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