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Patient and implant survival following joint replacement because of metastatic bone disease: A cross-sectional study of 130 patients with 140 joint replacements

BACKGROUND: Patients suffering from a pathological fracture or painful bony lesion because of metastatic bone disease often benefit from a total joint replacement. However, these are large operations in patients who are often weak. We examined the patient survival and complication rates after total...

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Autores principales: Sørensen, Michala S, Gregersen, Kristine G, Grum-Schwensen, Tomas, Hovgaard, Dorrit, Petersen, Michael M
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/PMC3715824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23530874
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2013.788437