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No influence of immigrant background on the outcome of total hip arthroplasty: 140,299 patients born in Sweden and 11,539 immigrants in the Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Register

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Total Hip Replacement (THA) is one of the most successful and cost-effective operations. Despite its benefits, marked ethnic differences in the utilization of THA are well documented. However, very little has been published on the influence of ethnicity on outcome. We investi...

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Autores principales: Krupic, Ferid, Eisler, Thomas, Eliasson, Tore, Garellick, Göran, Gordon, Max, Kärrholm, Johan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Informa Healthcare 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3584597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23343377
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2013.765640