Browsing Artículos by Author "Escobar, Antonio"

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      Development of appropriateness explicit criteria for cataract extraction by phacoemulsification 

      Quintana López, José María; Escobar, Antonio; Arostegui Madariaga, Inmaculada ORCID (BioMed Central, 2006-03)
      Background: Consensus development techniques were used in the late 1980s to create explicit criteria for the appropriateness of cataract extraction. We developed a new appropriateness of indications tool for cataract ...
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      Validation of a screening questionnaire for hip and knee osteoarthritis in old people 

      Quintana López, José María; Arostegui Madariaga, Inmaculada ORCID; Escobar, Antonio; Lafuente Guerrero, Iratxe; Arenaza Merino, Juan Carlos; García, Isidoro; Aguirre, Urko (BioMed Central, 2007-08-23)
      Background: To develop a sensitive and specific screening tool for knee and hip osteoarthritis in the general population of elderly people. Methods: The Knee and Hip OsteoArthritis Screening Questionnaire (KHOA- SQ) was ...
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      Variability of indication criteria in knee and hip replacement: an observational study 

      Cobos, Raquel; Latorre, Amaia; Aizpuru Barandiaran, Felipe ORCID; Guenaga, José I.; Sarasqueta, Cristina; Escobar, Antonio; García, Lidia; Herrera Espiñeira, Carmen (BioMed Central, 2010)
      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 ...