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SUBMITTER: Morrison RJM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5669000 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Trials 20171102 1
<h4>Background</h4>Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to poor outcomes after total hip replacement (THR) or total knee replacement (TKR), including lower patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), peri-prosthetic infection and longer hospital stay. We present a randomised feasibility trial protocol designed to prospectively investigate the influence of vitamin D testing, and subsequent supplementation for deficiency, prior to THR/TKR.<h4>Methods/design</h4>One hundred adult patients undergoing ...[more]