Obesity has a negative impact on clinical outcome after total knee arthroplasty

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 198-203

  Jarvenpaa J ^a   Kettunen, J ^b   Soininvaara, T ^b   Miettinen, H ^b   Kroger H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Clinical function; Follow up; Knee Society Score; Obesity; Total knee arthroplasty; WOMAC

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867059684     PISSN: 14574969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/145749691210100310     Document Type: Article

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