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The prevalence of osteoarthritis: Higher risk after transfemoral amputation?—A database analysis with 1,569 amputees and matched controls

BACKGROUND: Several studies have shown that patients with a unilateral amputation have an increased risk of developing osteoarthritis (OA) in the knee of their sound leg. OBJECTIVE: The first objective was to investigate whether amputees are more frequently affected by gon-, cox- or polyarthritis as...

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Autores principales: Welke, Bastian, Jakubowitz, Eike, Seehaus, Frank, Daniilidis, Kiriakos, Timpner, Matthias, Tremer, Nils, Hurschler, Christof, Schwarze, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6342302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30668582
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210868