Total joint arthroplasty is associated with a decreased risk of traumatic falls: an analysis of 499,094 cases - Driesman A, Paoli AR, Wiznia DH, Oh C, Mahure SA, Long WJ, Schwarzkopf R.

INTRODUCTION: The rate of traumatic falls in the aging cohort is estimated to increase across the United States. We sought to determine whether patients with lower extremity osteoarthritis (OA) who underwent total joint arthroplasty (TJA) had a reduced ris...
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