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Sickle cell patients face greater risk following joint replacement

Patients with sickle cell disease who undergo total knee replacement are at higher risk for complications than non-SCD patients, according to a large-scale, retrospective study by researchers in the US.

The study by researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center and the University of Calgary was published in Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery and found SCD patients tend to have extended hospital stays and face higher associated health care costs.

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