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The effect of body mass index on blood loss and complications in simultaneous bilateral total hip arthroplasty: A multicenter retrospective study.

Guorui CaoXiuli YangChen YueHonglue TanHong XuZeyu HuangSongtao QuanMinglu YangFuxing Pei
Published in: Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong) (2022)
Obesity could increase perioperative blood loss but not increase transfusion risk in the setting of SBTHA. Conversely, obese and overweight patients maybe have lower transfusion need compared with normal patients because of more blood volume. In addition, obesity did not affect the incidence of complications.
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