[Results and complications of knee arthroplasty in patients with obesity].

Vicente Carrasco-García Juan Pablo Fernández-Hernández Martha Alicia Hernández-Gonzalez Rafael Ángel Bonilla-Salcedo

Published in: Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (2023)

A BMI > 30kg/m2 does not affect the functional results after a TKA; however, it is associated with a risk 5.03 times higher of suffering complications during and after surgical intervention.

Keyphrases

weight gain
risk factors
randomized controlled trial
metabolic syndrome
insulin resistance
total knee arthroplasty
body mass index
weight loss
type diabetes
high fat diet induced
skeletal muscle
adipose tissue