Declining incidence of acromioplasty in Finland

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 220-224

  Paloneva, Juha ^a   Lepola, Vesa ^b   Karppinen, Jaro ^c   Ylinen, Jari ^d   Äärimaa, Ville ^e   Mattila, Ville M ^f,g,h  

^a JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d Regional Council of Central Finland   (Finland)

^e TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ACROMIOPLASTY; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REGISTER; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER SURGERY; ARTHROPLASTY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ACROMION; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PROPRIETARY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME;

EID: 84925949762     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453674.2014.977703     Document Type: Article

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