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Preoperative and Postoperative Weight Change has Minimal Influence on Healthcare Utilization and Patient Reported Outcomes Following Total Knee Arthroplasty.

Joshua L TiddNickelas HuffmanPrecious C OyemIgnacio PasqualiniMatthew HadadAlison K KlikaMatthew DerenNicolas Santiago Piuzzi
Published in: The journal of knee surgery (2023)
Pre- and postoperative weight change has little impact on the achievement of satisfaction and clinically relevant differences in pain and function at 1-year. However, preoperative weight gain was associated with a higher risk of 90-day readmissions after TKA. Furthermore, patients categorized in Class III obesity were at increased risk of non-home discharge but experienced a greater likelihood of achieving MCID in KOOS-Pain and KOOS-PS. Our results raise awareness of the dangers of using weight changes and BMI alone as a measure of TKA eligibility.
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