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  • Title: [Simultaneous bilateral total knee replacement for the patients with serious rheumatoid disease].
    Author: Lu H, Yuan Y, Kou B.
    Journal: Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi; 1995 Oct; 33(10):594-6. PubMed ID: 8731891.
    Abstract:
    This retrospective study reviews 57 patients with serious rheumatoid disease who had bilateral total knee arthroplasties simultanneously between 1987 and 1994. The short follow-up results revealed that there was no increase in complications in the patients with simultaneous bilateral procedures, and nearly identical postoperative results to those observed among patients with single joint replacement. Advantage of simultaneous bilateral total arthroplasty include reduction in hospital cost, the need for less invasive surgical event and the ability to rehabilitate the patient symmetrically.
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