Does pre-existing morbidity influences risks and benefits of total hip replacement for osteoarthritis: a prospective study of 6682 patients from linked national datasets in England (2021)
Journal Article
Ferguson, R., Prieto-Alhambra, D., Peat, G., Delmestri, A., P Jordan, K., Y Strauss, V., …Silman, A. (2021). Does pre-existing morbidity influences risks and benefits of total hip replacement for osteoarthritis: a prospective study of 6682 patients from linked national datasets in England. BMJ Open, e046712 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046712

Total hip arthroplasty (THA) surgery for elderly people with multimorbidity increases the risk of serious health hazards including mortality. Whether such background morbidity reduces the clinical benefit is less clear. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate how pre... Read More about Does pre-existing morbidity influences risks and benefits of total hip replacement for osteoarthritis: a prospective study of 6682 patients from linked national datasets in England.