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Demand for knee replacement surgery rises steadily in the US
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BMJ
2012;345:e6597
The number of total knee replacements done each year in the US increased by 161.5% from 1991 to 2010, say researchers⇑. An ageing population is partly to blame, although obesity and expanding indications for surgery may also have contributed. Rates of primary knee replacement operations per capita …
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