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Reduced Awareness for Osteoporosis in Hip Fracture Patients Compared to Elderly Patients Undergoing Elective Hip Replacement Open
Background: Osteoporotic fractures are associated with a loss of quality of life, but only few patients receive an appropriate therapy. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate the awareness of musculoskeletal patients to participa…
View article: Preoperative patients’ health decrease moderately, while hospital costs increase for hip and knee replacement due to the first COVID‐19 lockdown in Germany
Preoperative patients’ health decrease moderately, while hospital costs increase for hip and knee replacement due to the first COVID‐19 lockdown in Germany Open
Purpose The purpose of this study was a comparison between osteoarthritis patients with primary hip and knee replacements before, during and after the first COVID‐19 lockdown in Germany. Patients’ preoperative health status is assumed to d…