Joint responsibility: the need for a national arthroplasty register
- 13 July 1996
- Vol. 313 (7049), 66-67
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.313.7049.66
Abstract
It is impossible to compare hip and knee implants and their outcomes because different methods are used to collect and analyse data. A sound study would require standardisation of these, together with a large number of patients, requiring a multicentre study. Pilot arthroplasty registers have …Keywords
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