TY - JOUR AU - Cobos, Raquel AU - Latorre, Amaia AU - Aizpuru, Felipe AU - Guenaga, Jose I AU - Sarasqueta, Cristina AU - Escobar, Antonio AU - García, Lidia AU - Herrera-Espiñeira, Carmen PY - 2010 DO - 10.1186/1471-2474-11-249 SN - 1471-2474 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10668/465 T2 - BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders AB - BACKGROUND. Total knee (TKR) and hip (THR) replacement (arthroplasty) are effective surgical procedures that relieve pain, improve patients' quality of life and increase functional capacity. Studies on variations in medical practice usually place the... LA - en PB - BioMed Central KW - Anciano KW - Artroplastia de Reemplazo de Cadera KW - Artroplastia de Reemplazo de Rodilla KW - Femenino KW - Humanos KW - Masculino KW - Mediana Edad KW - Variaciones Dependientes del Observador KW - Pautas en la Práctica de los Médicos KW - Estudios Prospectivos KW - Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Surgical Procedures, Operative::Prosthesis Implantation::Arthroplasty, Replacement::Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip KW - Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Surgical Procedures, Operative::Prosthesis Implantation::Arthroplasty, Replacement::Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee KW - Medical Subject Headings::Check Tags::Female KW - Medical Subject Headings::Disciplines and Occupations::Social Sciences::Demography::Health Status KW - Medical Subject Headings::Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Primates::Haplorhini::Catarrhini::Hominidae::Humans KW - Medical Subject Headings::Check Tags::Male KW - Medical Subject Headings::Named Groups::Persons::Age Groups::Adult::Middle Aged KW - Medical Subject Headings::Health Care::Environment and Public Health::Public Health::Epidemiologic Factors::Observer Variation KW - Medical Subject Headings::Health Care::Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation::Delivery of Health Care::Physician's Practice Patterns KW - Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Epidemiologic Study Characteristics as Topic::Epidemiologic Studies::Cohort Studies::Longitudinal... KW - Medical Subject Headings::Named Groups::Persons::Age Groups::Adult::Aged TI - Variability of indication criteria in knee and hip replacement: an observational study TY - research article ER -