Overweight preoperatively impairs clinical outcome after knee arthroplasty: A cohort study of 197 patients 3–5 years after surgery

BACKGROUND: Obesity contributes much to the development of knee osteoarthritis. However, the association between obesity and outcome after knee replacement is controversial. We investigated whether there was an association between the preoperative body mass index (BMI) of patients who underwent tota...

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Autores principales: Liljensøe, Anette, Lauersen, Jens Ole, Søballe, Kjeld, Mechlenburg, Inger
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Informa Healthcare 2013
Materias:
Knee
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3768040/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23992141
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2013.799419

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3768040/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23992141
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2013.799419

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