The prevalence of osteoarthritis: Higher risk after transfemoral amputation?—A database analysis with 1,569 amputees and matched controls

BACKGROUND: Several studies have shown that patients with a unilateral amputation have an increased risk of developing osteoarthritis (OA) in the knee of their sound leg. OBJECTIVE: The first objective was to investigate whether amputees are more frequently affected by gon-, cox- or polyarthritis as...

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Pubblicato in:PLoS One
Autori principali: Welke, Bastian, Jakubowitz, Eike, Seehaus, Frank, Daniilidis, Kiriakos, Timpner, Matthias, Tremer, Nils, Hurschler, Christof, Schwarze, Michael
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Public Library of Science 2019
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6342302/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30668582
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210868
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