hta_ knee intro.qxp - Ministero della Salute
hta_ knee intro.qxp - Ministero della Salute
hta_ knee intro.qxp - Ministero della Salute
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10. Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63<br />
11. Funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65<br />
12. Competing interests declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67<br />
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69<br />
Appendices<br />
1 - Technological characteristics of <strong>knee</strong> prostheses . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71<br />
2 - Survey of the medical devices at 31st December 2007 . . . . . . .81<br />
3 - Sampling methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87<br />
4 - List of responding centres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91<br />
5 - List of manufacturers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95<br />
6 - Search strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97<br />
7 - Data extraction form for single studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109<br />
8 - Data extraction form for registry based studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115<br />
9. - Quality assessment tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117<br />
10 - List of excluded studies with reasons for exclusion . . . . . . . . .119<br />
11 - List of included studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127<br />
Acronyms and abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129<br />
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