Patterns and impacts of patient migration for primary knee arthroplasty in China: A national retrospective study

• Fanqiang Meng ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Fanqiang Meng, Xinjia Deng

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

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• Xinjia Deng ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Fanqiang Meng, Xinjia Deng

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

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• Junzhi Sheng,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

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• Haoran Feng,

  Roles Resources, Software

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

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• Liusong Shen,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

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• Hu Chen,

  Roles Resources, Software, Visualization

  Affiliation Tibet Autonomous Region People’s Hospital, Lhasa, Tibet, China

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• Dongxing Xie,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Hunan Key Laboratory of Joint Degeneration and Injury, Changsha, Hunan, China, Key Laboratory of Aging-related Bone and Joint Diseases Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

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• Huizhong Long

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: huizlong@csu.edu.cn

  Affiliations Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Hunan Key Laboratory of Joint Degeneration and Injury, Changsha, Hunan, China, Key Laboratory of Aging-related Bone and Joint Diseases Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9854-284X

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