Evaluating comorbidities in total hip and knee arthroplasty: available instruments
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Total hip and knee arthroplasty in nonagenarians.
Among 25 patients of mean age 91.5 years (range, 90-96 years) who received a total hip or knee arthroplasty at the authors' institution, 8% experienced surgical complications, 56% experienced at least 1 medical complication, and 80% received perioperative blood transfusions. At a mean follow-up of 4.1 years, patients were experiencing pain reduction and somewhat higher functional capacity and h...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1590-9921,1590-9999
DOI: 10.1007/s10195-010-0115-x