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Obesity and revision surgery, mortality, and patient-reported outcomes after primary knee replacement surgery in the National Joint Registry: A UK cohort study.

Jonathan Thomas EvansSofia MouchtiAshley William BlomJeremy Mark WilkinsonMichael Richard WhitehouseAndrew David BeswickAndrew Judge
Published in: PLoS medicine (2021)
Given revision estimates in all BMI groups below the recognised threshold, no evidence of increased mortality, and difference in change in OKS below the MDC, this large national registry shows no evidence of poorer outcomes in patients with high BMI. This study does not support rationing of TKR based on increased BMI.
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