National Databases in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery: A Comparison of Demographics, Procedures, and Outcomes

Conclusions: Clinically and statistically significant differences exist between the KID and NSQIP Pediatric databases. Clinicians and researchers who utilize large databases must understand the differences in data import, quality control, and population sampling in order to provide adequate representation of the population as a whole. Level of Evidence: Level III, prognostic study.
Source: Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Selected Topics Source Type: research