The effect of patient age at intervention on risk of implant revision after total replacement of the hip or knee: a population-based cohort study

Bayliss, Lee; Culliford, David; Paul Monk, A.; Glyn-Jones, S.; Prieto‐Alhambra, Daniel; Judge, Andrew; Cooper, Cyrus; Carr, Andrew; Arden, Nigel; Beard, David; Price, Andrew

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(17)30059-4

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The effect of patient age at intervention on risk of implant revision after total replacement of the hip or knee: a population-based cohort study

Published in The Lancet • Feb 14, 2017

Authors:

Lee Bayliss

David Culliford

A. Paul Monk

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Total joint replacements for end-stage osteoarthritis of the hip and knee are cost-effective and demonstrate significant clinical improvement. However, robust population based lifetime-risk data for implant revision are not available to aid patient decision making, which is a particular ...

Subject

Medicine

Implant

Knee replacement

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