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Clinical registries in orthopaedic surgery provide robust variables for patient outcome surveillance, despite weaknesses like smaller patient numbers and inconstant follow-up.
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Supports cautious use of orthopaedic registries for outcome surveillance; leaves open standardization to address follow-up gaps.
Clinical registries provide valuable information that has the potential to influence clinical practice improvement and health-care policy in orthopaedic surgery.
Pugely et al. (2015) conducted a review in Orthopaedic surgery. Clinical registries in orthopaedic surgery provide robust variables for patient outcome surveillance, despite weaknesses like smaller patient numbers and inconstant follow-up.
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