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Patients successfully lose body weight after primary total knee arthroplasty but not more than a matched general population

INTRODUCTION: High BMI is associated with increased risk for knee osteoarthritis, ultimately necessitating total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The aim of this retrospective study was to (1) analyse the amount of postoperative long-term weight loss as reflected by BMI change in TKA patients, (2) identify...

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Autores principales: Smolle, Maria Anna, Musser, Ewald, Hauer, Georg, Vielgut, Ines, Leitner, Lukas, Ehall, Reinhard, Leithner, Andreas, Sadoghi, Patrick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10191981/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36066739
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00402-022-04601-3