| Literature DB >> 29929710 |
Jared S Bookman1, Ran Schwarzkopf2, Parthiv Rathod2, Richard Iorio2, Ajit J Deshmukh2.
Abstract
Obesity is an epidemic in the health care system. Obesity poses several challenges and raises unique issues for the arthroplasty surgeon. Obese patients are at higher risk for infection and dislocation. Additionally, obese patients have poorer implant survivorship and functional scores postoperatively. Obesity is a modifiable risk factor and weight loss preoperatively should be strongly considered. Obese patients must be counseled so that they have realistic expectations after total joint arthroplasty.Entities:
Keywords: Arthroplasty; Obesity; Risk factors; Total hip arthroplasty; Total knee arthroplasty
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29929710 DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2018.02.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Orthop Clin North Am ISSN: 0030-5898 Impact factor: 2.472