Knee Joint Distraction Compared to Total Knee Arthroplasty for Treatment of End Stage Osteoarthritis: Simulating Long-Term Outcomes and Cost-Effectiveness

OBJECTIVE: In end-stage knee osteoarthritis the treatment of choice is total knee arthroplasty (TKA). An alternative treatment is knee joint distraction (KJD), suggested to postpone TKA. Several studies reported significant and prolonged clinical improvement of KJD. To make an appropriate decision r...

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Autores principales: van der Woude, J. A. D., Nair, S. C., Custers, R. J. H., van Laar, J. M., Kuchuck, N. O., Lafeber, F. P. J. G., Welsing, P. M. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4865158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27171268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155524

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4865158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27171268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155524

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