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Acronyms and abbreviations<br />

Agenas Agenzia nazionale per i servizi sanitari regionali<br />

AOAJRR Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Register<br />

ASA class ASA stands for American Society of Anesthesiologists. It is a six category<br />

physical status classification system for assessing a patient before<br />

surgery.<br />

Assobiomedica Association of producers and distributors of medical devices<br />

AU Australia<br />

BMI Body Mass Index<br />

CI Confidence interval<br />

CR Cruciate retaining<br />

CUD Commissione Unica Dispositivi medici, Ministerial Committee on Medical<br />

Devices<br />

DRG Diagnosis related group<br />

EAR European Arthroplasty Register<br />

EFORT European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and<br />

Traumatology<br />

ER Emilia-Romagna<br />

ICD-9-CM International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical<br />

Modification<br />

ICER Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio<br />

INHS Italian National Health Service<br />

IRCCS Clinical research centres<br />

ISS Istituto Superiore di Sanità<br />

K-M Kaplan-Meier<br />

Knee System Total <strong>knee</strong> prosthesis<br />

MLHSP Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Policy<br />

NZJRR New Zealand Joint Replacement Register<br />

OA Osteoarthritis<br />

P.A. Provincie Autonome, regional equivalent<br />

PMMA Polymethylmethacrylate<br />

PS Posterior stabilised<br />

RA Reumathoid arthritis<br />

RCT Randomised Controlled Trial<br />

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