Metal implant removal: benefits and drawbacks – a patient survey

BACKGROUND: Hardware removals are among the most commonly performed surgical procedures worldwide. Current literature offers little data concerning postoperative patient satisfaction. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the patients’ point of view on implant removal. METHODS: We surveyed patien...

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Published in:BMC Surg
Main Authors: Reith, Georg, Schmitz-Greven, Vera, Hensel, Kai O., Schneider, Marco M., Tinschmann, Tibor, Bouillon, Bertil, Probst, Christian
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4528685/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26250649
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12893-015-0081-6
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