Obesity and revision surgery, mortality, and patient-reported outcomes after primary knee replacement surgery in the National Joint Registry: A UK cohort study

BACKGROUND: One in 10 people in the United Kingdom will need a total knee replacement (TKR) during their lifetime. Access to this life-changing operation has recently been restricted based on body mass index (BMI) due to belief that high BMI may lead to poorer outcomes. We investigated the associati...

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Autores principales: Evans, Jonathan Thomas, Mouchti, Sofia, Blom, Ashley William, Wilkinson, Jeremy Mark, Whitehouse, Michael Richard, Beswick, Andrew, Judge, Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8284626/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34270557
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003704

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8284626/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34270557
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003704

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