Primary Total Hip or Knee Replacement: Evaluation of Patients

  1. MATTHEW H. LIANG, M.D.;
  2. KAREN E. CULLEN, M.Ed.; and
  3. ROBERT POSS, M.D.
  1. Boston, Massachusetts

    Abstract

    Total joint replacement surgery has revolutionized the management of chronic arthritis. Careful patient selection, medical follow-up, patient education, and rehabilitation management produce the best results. The indications, contraindications, and results of total knee and hip replacement are reviewed.

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    • ▸From the Robert B. Brigham Multipurpose Arthritis Center, and the Department of Medicine, Rheumatology/Immunology, and Orthopedics, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Boston, Massachusetts.

    • Grant support: Grant AM-20580 from the National Institutes of Health.

    • ▸Requests for reprints should be addressed to Matthew H. Liang, M.D.; Multipurpose Arthritis Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street; Boston, MA 02115.

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    1. Ann Intern Med November 1, 1982 vol. 97 no. 5 735-739
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