The implications of an aging population and increased obesity for knee arthroplasty rates in Sweden: a register-based study

Background and purpose — Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has increased substantially in Sweden. We quantified the relative risk for TKA in the Swedish population for different BMI categories and age groups to investigate whether the continued increase in TKA is attributable to increased prevalence of...

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Autores principales: Overgaard, Anders, Frederiksen, Peder, Kristensen, Lars Erik, Robertsson, Otto, W-Dahl, Annette
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8023941/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32895012
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2020.1816268

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8023941/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32895012
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2020.1816268

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