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Morbid Obesity May Increase Dislocation in Total Hip Patients: A Biomechanical Analysis

BACKGROUND: Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. Recently, obesity, especially morbid obesity, has been linked to increased rates of dislocation after THA. The reasons are unclear. Soft tissue engagement caused by increased thigh girth has been proposed as a possible mechan...

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Autores principales: Elkins, Jacob M., Daniel, Matej, Pedersen, Douglas R., Singh, Bhupinder, Yack, H. John, Callaghan, John J., Brown, Thomas D.
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3563777/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22907474
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11999-012-2512-3
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