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Bariatric surgery improves knee function and not knee pain in the early postoperative period

BACKGROUND: Obesity remains the strongest predictor of knee osteoarthritis (OA). Studies have reported improvement in knee pain and function post-bariatric surgery secondary to weight loss and reduced mechanical loading, yet others found increased rates of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in that patie...

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Autores principales: Hamdi, Amre, Albaghdadi, Alia T., Ghalimah, Bayan, Alnowiser, Abdullah, Ahmad, Anas, Altaf, Abdulmalik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5896084/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29642931
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-018-0803-4

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