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How long does a knee replacement last? A systematic review and meta-analysis of case series and national registry reports with more than 15 years of follow-up

BACKGROUND: Knee replacements are the mainstay of treatment for end-stage osteoarthritis and are effective. Given time, all knee replacements will fail and knowing when this failure might happen is important. We aimed to establish how long a knee replacement lasts. METHODS: In this systematic review...

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Autores principales: Evans, Jonathan T, Walker, Robert W, Evans, Jonathan P, Blom, Ashley W, Sayers, Adrian, Whitehouse, Michael R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6381229/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30782341
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32531-5