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Osteoarthritis of the hip and knee in Saudi Arabia
A Ahlberg1, B Linder, T A Binhemd
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, King Faisal University, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
International Orthopaedics
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
The records of 4721 patients, who were registered at a Primary Health Care Centre in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia during a 18 month period, were reviewed. One hundred and sixty-six (3.5%) had osteoarthritis of the hip or knee. The ratio of hip to knee was 1:80 which is very low compared to other populations, and the possible causes for this are discussed.