Abstract:Background
Total knee and hip arthroplasties are one of the most common and costly surgical procedures. They are performed to relieve pain and improve the patient’s quality of life.
Purpose To describe the use of prostheses in hip and knee replacement surgery in a 1200-bed hospital.
Materials and Methods Descriptive retrospective study of the prostheses used in elective total hip and knee arthroplasties during year 2011.
Surgical orthopaedic interventions records and clinical histories were reviewed. Variabl… Show more
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