Diabetes mellitus does not increase the risk of knee stiffness after total knee arthroplasty: a meta-analysis of 7 studies including 246 053 cases

Abstract Purpose The association of diabetes mellitus with knee stiffness after total knee arthroplasty is still being debated. The aim of this study was to assess through meta-analysis the impact of diabetes mellitus on the prevalence of postoperative knee stiffness after total knee arthroplasty. M...

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Main Authors: Christopher Jump, Rayaz A. Malik, Anoop Anand, Charalambos P. Charalambous
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:Knee Surgery & Related Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43019-019-0004-4