Comorbidity does not predict long-term mortality after total hip arthroplasty

Background and purpose — In-hospital death following total hip arthroplasty (THA) is related to comorbidity. The long-term effect of comorbidity on all-cause mortality is, however, unknown for this group of patients and it was investigated in this study. Patients and methods — We used data from the...

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Main Authors: Erik Bülow, Ola Rolfson, Peter Cnudde, Cecilia Rogmark, Göran Garellick, Szilárd Nemes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Medical Journals Sweden 2017-09-01
Series:Acta Orthopaedica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2017.1341243