Article: Research findings from J.M. Quintana et al update understanding of hip replacements.(Clinical report)

Investigators publish new data in the report 'Decision trees for indication of total hip replacement on patients with osteoarthritis.' "To develop a decision tree based on health-related quality of life outcomes rather than expert consensus for determining the appropriateness of total hip replacement (THR) among patients with hip OA. This is a prospective observational study of two independent cohorts," scientists in Spain report (see also Hip Replacements).

"The derivation cohort included 590 patients recruited from seven hospitals between March 1999 and March 2000. The validation cohort included 339 patients recruited from six hospitals between September 2003 ...

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