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The impact of frailty on short-term mortality following primary total hip and knee arthroplasty due to osteoarthritis

BACKGROUND: We determined the association between frailty and short-term mortality following total hip and knee arthroplasty (THA/TKA) for osteoarthritis and also the impact of THA/TKA on short-term mortality compared with a control population. METHODS: Frailty was assessed using a frailty index (ca...

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Autores principales: Cook, Michael J, Lunt, Mark, Board, Timothy, O’Neill, Terence W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9180921/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35679192
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac118