Obesity: The Modifiable Risk Factor in Total Joint Arthroplasty

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 postoperative...

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Published inThe Orthopedic clinics of North America Vol. 49; no. 3; p. 291
Main Authors Bookman, Jared S, Schwarzkopf, Ran, Rathod, Parthiv, Iorio, Richard, Deshmukh, Ajit J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.07.2018
Subjects
Obesity
Total knee arthroplasty
Arthroplasty
Risk factors
Total hip arthroplasty
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1558-1373
DOI:10.1016/j.ocl.2018.02.002