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End-stage knee osteoarthritis with and without sarcopenia and the effect of knee arthroplasty – a prospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Sarcopenia often accompanies osteoarthritis (OA), which is managed by total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in the late stage. Recent studies have suggested a higher risk of post-operative complications after TKA in sarcopenic OA subjects, but whether TKA can benefit them similar to non-sarcopen...

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Autores principales: Ho, Kevin Ki-Wai, Lau, Lawrence Chun-Man, Chau, Wai-Wang, Poon, Queena, Chung, Kwong-Yin, Wong, Ronald Man-Yeung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7784022/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33397330
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01929-6