In-hospital complications following primary total hip and knee arthroplasty in octogenarian and nonagenarian patients

BACKGROUND: As life expectancy of patients increases, more elderly patients are undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA). There is a general perception of increased risk of complications in elderly patients. Our objective was to analyse the incidence of in-ho...

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Autores principales: Nanjayan, Shashi K., Swamy, Girish N., Yellu, Sunil, Yallappa, Sachin, Abuzakuk, Tarek, Straw, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3948514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23989856
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10195-013-0262-y

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