Weight affects survival of primary total knee arthroplasty: study based on the Danish Knee Arthroplasty Register with 67,810 patients and a median follow-up time of 5 years

Background and purpose — Obesity is a rising issue worldwide and growing evidence supports poor outcome amongst obese patients following total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Using nationwide registries we investigated the association between bodyweight and risk of revision of primary TKA. Patients and met...

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Autores principales: Gøttsche, David, Gromov, Kirill, Viborg, Petra H, Bräuner, Elvira V, Pedersen, Alma B, Troelsen, Anders
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6366474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30516408
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2018.1540091

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6366474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30516408
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2018.1540091

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