Weight Patterns Before and After Total Joint Arthroplasty and Characteristics Associated with Weight Change
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Weight patterns before and after total joint arthroplasty and characteristics associated with weight change.
CONTEXT Although prevalence of obesity and incidence of total joint arthroplasty (TJA) have dramatically increased over the last two decades in the U.S., little is known of the preoperative and postoperative weight patterns of patients undergoing TJA. OBJECTIVE To describe the preoperative and postoperative weight patterns of patients undergoing TJA and evaluate characteristics associated wit...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Permanente Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1552-5767
DOI: 10.7812/tpp/13-082