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Informed consent for total knee arthroplasty: exploration of patient`s information acquisition and decision-making processes—a qualitative study

BACKGROUND: Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is an option for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (OA). Patients have high expectations regarding the benefits of the actual operation. Patients can seek a second opinion on the indication for TKA. In a study, less than half of recommended TKAs were conf...

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Autores principales: Zacher, Sandro, Lauberger, Julia, Thiel, Carolin, Lühnen, Julia, Steckelberg, Anke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10494361/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37697293
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09993-5