The study: Kostic AM, Leifer VP, Gong Y, et al. The cost-effectiveness of surgical weight loss interventions for patients with knee osteoarthritis and class III obesity. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2022 Jun 3. Epub ahead of print.
Oshrat E. Tayer-Shifman, MD; Kimberley Yuen, BSc, MD; Zahi Touma, MD, PhD, FACP, FACR; William Daniel Soulsby, MD; Aleksandra Kostic, BSE; Valia Leifer, MA; & Elena Losina, PhD, MSC | Issue: November 2022 |
The study: Kostic AM, Leifer VP, Gong Y, et al. The cost-effectiveness of surgical weight loss interventions for patients with knee osteoarthritis and class III obesity. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2022 Jun 3. Epub ahead of print.
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