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Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Coincide with an Increase in Osteonecrosis as Indication for Total Hip Arthroplasty in Older Patients?

INTRODUCTION: Osteonecrosis of the femoral head is a common indication for total hip arthroplasty (THA). It is unclear to what extent the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted its incidence. Such data may be important as, theoretically, the combination of microvascular thromboses seen in patients who have...

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Autores principales: Okewunmi, Jeffrey, Duey, Akiro, Zubizarreta, Nicole, Kodali, Hanish, Poeran, Jashvant, Hayden, Brett L., Moucha, Calin, Chen, Darwin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10260267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37315633
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2023.06.007