Patients with diabetes at no greater risk for infection or other complications after total knee replacement

Patients with diabetes at no greater risk for infection or other complications after total knee replacement

Patients with diabetes were no more likely to suffer infection, deep vein thrombosis(a deep vein blood clot) or other complications following total knee replacement(TKR) than patients without diabetes, according to new research published online today, in advance of its publication in the March 2013 Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS).

Source:newsroom.aaos.org

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