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Variable effects of obesity on access to total hip and knee arthroplasty

BACKGROUND: Obesity is an important comorbidity affecting outcomes after total joint arthroplasty. Consequently, surgeons may delay care of obese patients to first address obesity through different care pathways. The effect of obesity on patient wait times for total joint arthroplasty has not been e...

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Autores principales: Richardson, Glen, Dusik, Chris, Lethbridge, Lynn, Dunbar, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Joule Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7955826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33599449
http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/cjs.012719