Knee Arthroplasty and Risk of Hip Fracture: A Population-Based, Case–Control Study

The majority of knee arthroplasties (KAs) are performed in patients with osteoarthritis (OA). Although bone mass may be increased in these patients, subjects with knee OA may have an increased risk of hip fracture, possibly due to an increased severity of falls. However, in patients with KAs, risk o...

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Autores principales: Lalmohamed, Arief, Opdam, Frans, Arden, Nigel K., Prieto-Alhambra, Daniel, van Staa, Tjeerd, Leufkens, Hubertus G. M., de Vries, Frank
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3271227/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22179584
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00223-011-9558-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3271227/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22179584
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00223-011-9558-1

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