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Article: Reports outline hip replacements research from Monash University.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- December 3, 2008
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"Although the incidence of hip replacement surgery is rapidly increasing, there are few data describing the hospital resource utilization associated with these procedures. We aimed to examine the in-hospital outcomes and resource utilization of primary and revision hip replacement," scientists writing in the Anz Journal of Surgery report (see also Hip Replacements).
"We analysed data from the 2005/2006 Victorian Admitted Episodes Database that included one or more of the International Classification of Diseases procedure codes for hip replacement. Demographic parameters and in-hospital outcomes, including length of stay, duration of intensive/coronary care and ...