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Primary hip and knee arthroplasty at district level is safe and may reduce the burden on tertiary care in a low-income setting

BACKGROUND: Arthroplasty procedures in low-income countries are mostly performed at tertiary centers, with waiting lists exceeding 12 to 24 months. Recently, this is further exacerbated by the impact of the Covid Pandemic on elective surgeries. Providing arthroplasty services at other levels of heal...

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Autores principales: Laubscher, Kim, Dey, Roopam, Nortje, Marc, Held, Michael, Kauta, Ntambue
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9701075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36434689
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-022-05936-z