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Relationship between obesity and early failure of total knee prostheses

BACKGROUND: Obesity is a risk factor for knee arthritis. Total knee arthroplasty is the definitive surgical treatment of this disease. Therefore, a high percentage of subjects treated are overweight. Since 2000 in the Emilia-Romagna Region the Register of Orthopedic Prosthetic Implantology, RIPO, ha...

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Main Authors: Bordini, Barbara, Stea, Susanna, Cremonini, Sara, Viceconti, Marco, De Palma, Rossana, Toni, Aldo
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2660896/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19265522
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-10-29
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