Bariatric surgery prior to total knee arthroplasty is not associated with lower risk of revision: a register-based study of 441 patients
Background and purpose — Obesity is a considerable medical challenge in society. We investigated the risk of revision for any reasons and for infection in patients having total knee arthroplasty (TKA) for osteoarthritis (OA) within 2 years after bariatric surgery (BS) and compared them with TKAs wit...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2020-11-01
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| Series: | Acta Orthopaedica |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2020.1840829 |