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Prevalence of osteoporosis and osteopenia in elderly patients scheduled for total knee arthroplasty
INTRODUCTION: Osteoporosis is a common comorbidity in elderly patients with osteoarthritis (OA) and may increase perioperative complications in orthopedic surgery (e.g., component migration, periprosthetic fractures). As there is no investigation of bone mineral density (BMD) in elderly patients pri...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9596583/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34919186 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00402-021-04297-x |