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Obesity and long term functional outcomes following elective total hip replacement

INTRODUCTION: Obesity rates continue to rise and more total hip arthroplasty procedures are being performed in progressively younger, obese patients. Hence, maintenance of long term physical function will become very important for quality of life, functional independence and hip prosthesis survival....

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Autores principales: Vincent, Heather K, Horodyski, MaryBeth, Gearen, Peter, Vlasak, Richard, Seay, Amanda N, Conrad, Bryan P, Vincent, Kevin R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3489615/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22533938
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-799X-7-16