Obesity Epidemic: Is Its Impact on Total Joint Arthroplasty Underestimated? An Analysis of National Trends

• Published in: Clinical orthopaedics and related research Vol. 475; no. 7; pp. 1798 - 1806
• Main Authors: George, Jaiben, Klika, Alison K., Navale, Suparna M., Newman, Jared M., Barsoum, Wael K., Higuera, Carlos A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.07.2017; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies
• Subjects: Arthroplasty; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; Conservative Orthopedics; Humans; Infection; Infections; Joint diseases; Joint surgery; Mathematical models; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Obesity; Obesity - complications; Obesity - epidemiology; Orthopedics; Population studies; Postoperative Complications - epidemiology; Prevalence; Prognosis; Prosthesis-Related Infections - epidemiology; Public health; Reoperation; Risk Factors; Sports Medicine; Surgery; Surgical Orthopedics; Surgical Wound Infection - epidemiology; Symposium: 2016 Musculoskeletal Infection Society Proceedings; Trends; United States - epidemiology; Nonobese Patient; Obese Patient; Obesity Prevalence; Total Joint Arthroplasty; Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Background Obesity is a well-established risk factor for total joint arthroplasty (TJA) and a number of complications including prosthetic joint infection. The annual changes in the prevalence of obesity among primary, revision, and infected TJA has not been studied at a national level. Given the hi...