Journal article
Association between bisphosphonate use and implant survival after primary total arthroplasty of the knee or hip: population based retrospective cohort study.
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OBJECTIVES: To test whether bisphosphonate use is related to improved implant survival after total arthroplasty of the knee or hip. DESIGN: Population based retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Primary care data from the United Kingdom. PARTICIPANTS: All patients undergoing primary total arthroplasty of the knee (n = 18,726) or hip (n = 23,269) in 1986-2006 within the United Kingdom's General Practice Research Database. We excluded patients with a history of hip fracture before surgery or rhe...
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- Published
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- Journal:
- BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
- Volume:
- 343
- Issue:
- dec06 1
- Pages:
- d7222
- Publication date:
- 2011-01-01
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- EISSN:
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1756-1833
- ISSN:
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0959-8138
- Source identifiers:
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430662
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- English
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- pubs:430662
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- 2013-11-16
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- 2011
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