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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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Autores principales: Delsmann, Maximilian M., Schmidt, Constantin, Mühlenfeld, Moritz, Jandl, Nico Maximilian, Boese, Christoph Kolja, Beil, Frank Timo, Rolvien, Tim, Ries, Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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