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The reason why orthopaedic surgeons perform total knee replacement: results of a randomised study using case vignettes

PURPOSE: End-stage knee osteoarthritis (OA) results in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) surgery. The decision to perform TKA is not well defined, resulting in variation of indications among orthopaedic surgeons. Non-operative treatment measures are often not extensively used. Aim of this study was to i...

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Autores principales: Verra, W. C., Witteveen, K. Q., Maier, A. B., Gademan, M. G. J., van der Linden, H. M. J., Nelissen, R. G. H. H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4969334/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26759152
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00167-015-3961-5