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SUBMITTER: Ishmael CR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7920877 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ishmael Chad R CR Galey Scott A SA Gatto Jonathan D JD Zeegen Erik N EN
Arthroplasty today 20210227
With the aging population, the demand for total hip arthroplasty is rising. Improvements in arthroplasty techniques and design allow for total hip arthroplasty to be increasingly performed in older patients and those with multiple comorbidities. Complications are rare in young and healthy patients; however, there is greater risk in patients with multiple medical comorbidities and those who have had prior revision procedures. Large-vessel thrombosis is an especially rare, but potentially devastat ...[more]