Radiographic evaluation and pain symptomatology of the knee in severely obese individuals - controlled transversal study

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of pain and radiographic degenerative arthritis in a group of severe obese patients (body mass index [BMI] > 35). Methods: 41 patients with an indication of bariatric surgery were studied. The group of severely obese patients was subdivided into tw...

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Main Authors: Glaucus Cajaty Martins, Luiz Felippe Martins Filho, Andre Heringer Raposo, Raphael Barbosa Gamallo, Zarthur Menegazzi, Antônio Vítor de Abreu
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=S0102-36162018000600740&lng=en&tlng=en