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Epidemiology of Obese Patients Undergoing Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty: Understanding Demographics, Comorbidities, and Propensity Weighted Analysis of Inpatient Outcomes.

Inaya Hajj HusseinAbdul Kareem ZalikhaAndrei TulucaZachary CrespiMouhanad M El-Othmani
Published in: Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews (2022)
Morbidly obese patients are at higher odds for worse postoperative medical and economic outcomes compared with those with obesity after rTKA. As the number of patients with obesity and morbid obesity continues to rise, these risk factors should be considered in preoperative discussions and perioperative protocol optimization.
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