CORR insights®: Bariatric orthopaedics: Total knee arthroplasty in super-obese patients (BMI > 50 kg/m 2 ). Survivorship and complications

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 471, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3531-3532

  Schwartz, Adam J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; MORBID OBESITY; NOTE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 84885952093     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-013-3221-2     Document Type: Note

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