Open Access<p>The Effect of Perioperative Vitamin D Levels on the Functional, Patient-Related Outcome Measures and the Risk of Infection Following Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review</p>
Author(s) -
Eustathios Kenanidis,
Panagiotis Kakoulidis,
Dimitrios Karponis,
Eleftherios Tsiridis
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
patient related outcome measures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-271X
DOI - 10.2147/prom.s261251
Subject(s) - medicine , periprosthetic , vitamin d and neurology , perioperative , arthroplasty , cochrane library , knee replacement , hip replacement , meta analysis , surgery , physical therapy
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of perioperative vitamin D levels in terms of functional results, patient-related outcome measures (PROMs) and infection risk after hip or knee replacement.