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Local adiposity may be a more reliable predictor for infection than body mass index following total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review
PURPOSE: Improved understanding of the factors that predispose TKA patients to infection has considerable economic and medical impact. BMI is commonly used as a proxy for obesity to determine the risk of postoperative infection. However, this metric appears to be fraught with inconsistency in this a...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10628095/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37930482 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40634-023-00680-2 |