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Comorbid diseases as predictors of survival of primary total hip and knee replacements: a nationwide register-based study of 96 754 operations on patients with primary osteoarthritis

OBJECTIVES: To examine how comorbid diseases (cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, diabetes, cancer, pulmonary diseases, depression, psychotic disorders and neurodegenerative diseases) affect survival of hip and knee replacements. METHODS: Data for this register-based study were collected by combi...

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Autores principales: Jämsen, Esa, Peltola, Mikko, Eskelinen, Antti, Lehto, Matti U K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3841739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23253916
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-202064