Knee arthroplasty registers.
This article considers the establishment, purpose and conduct of knee arthroplasty registers using the Swedish register as an example. The methods of collection of appropriate data, the cost, and the ways in which this information may be used are considered.
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Department of Orthopaedics Lund University Hospital, 221 85 Lund, Sweden. otto.robertsson@med.lu.se
D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006801:Humans; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D017594:Publication Bias; D012042:Registries; D013548:Sweden; D016896:Treatment Outcome