The ratio of patient body mass index to age: a cost-effective implant selection guideline for total knee arthroplasty

BACKGROUND: We sought to develop an objective implant selection guideline based on the ratio of patient body mass index (BMI) to age in order to select implants preoperatively and reduce cost while maintaining quality. The BMI-to-age ratio can be used to distinguish patient demand and select those p...

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Autores principales: Osmani, Feroz A., Bolz, Nicholas, Odeh, Khalid, Bearison, Craig, Schwarzkopf, Ran, Iorio, Richard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5859741/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29564376
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2017.08.001

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