Do patients lose weight after total knee replacement?

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: Several studies show that patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) tend to maintain or gain weight after the procedure, which would result in increased wear of the prosthesis and new surgical interventions in a smaller period of time in comparison with patients with ad...

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Main Authors: Carlos Roberto Schwartsmann, Alexandre Moreira Borges, Geraldo Luiz Schuck de Freitas, Eduardo Zaniol Migon, Gustavo Kaempf de Oliveira, Marcos Wainberg Rodrigues
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162017000200159&lng=en&tlng=en