Lower limb arthroplasty: can we produce a tool to predict outcome and failure, and is it cost-effective? An epidemiological study

• Main Authors: Nigel Arden (Author), Doug Altman (Author), David Beard (Author), Andrew Carr (Author), Nicholas Clarke (Author), Gary Collins (Author), Cyrus Cooper (Author), David Culliford (Author), Antonella Delmestri (Author), Stefanie Garden (Author), Tinatin Griffin (Author), Kassim Javaid (Author), Andrew Judge (Author), Jeremy Latham (Author), Mark Mullee (Author), David Murray (Author), Emmanuel Ogundimu (Author), Rafael Pinedo-Villanueva (Author), Andrew Price (Author), Daniel Prieto-Alhambra (Author), James Raftery (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: NIHR Journals Library, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Although hip and knee arthroplasties are considered to be common elective cost-effective operations, up to one-quarter of patients are not satisfied with the operation. A number of risk factors for implant failure are known, but little is known about the predictors of patient-reported ou...