Advanced Age, Obesity and Continuous Femoral Nerve Blockade are Independent Risk Factors for Inpatient Falls After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty
Authors:
- Christopher FarlingerCFChristopher Farlinger
- Richard BrullRBRichard Brull
- Nizar MahomedNMNizar Mahomed
- Rajiv GandhiRGRajiv Gandhi
- 1 August 2013
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in The Journal of Arthroplasty
- Vol. 28 (7) , 1121-1124
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