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Acta Orthopaedica Volume 88, 2017 - Issue 3
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Original Articles

Is decreasing mortality in total hip and knee arthroplasty patients dependent on patients’ comorbidity?

A Danish nationwide, population-based cohort study (1996–2013)

Eva N GlassouUniversity Clinic for Hand, Hip and Knee Surgery, Aarhus University, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, West Jutland Regional Hospital;; ;Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital; Correspondence[email protected]
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Alma B PedersenDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital;
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Torben B HansenUniversity Clinic for Hand, Hip and Knee Surgery, Aarhus University, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, West Jutland Regional Hospital;; ;The Lundbeck Foundation Center for Fast-track Hip and Knee Replacement, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Pages 288-293 | Received 14 Jul 2016, Accepted 06 Dec 2016, Published online: 12 Jan 2017

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