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Although there are indications of health status deterioration for patients while waiting for elective total hip arthroplasties, controversy exists regarding the effect of waiting on postoperative outcomes. We hypothesized that longer waiting times are detrimental to achieving the full benefit of surgery. We found that the odds of achieving a better than expected postoperative functional outcome decreased by 8% for each month on the waiting list.
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More patients achieve better than expected mobility with lesser time to surgery.
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This page is a summary of: Delays Worsen Quality of Life Outcome of Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, June 2006, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000203477.19421.ed.
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