Body Mass Index Is Associated With All-cause Mortality After THA and TKA.

CONCLUSIONS: We found that even severe obesity is not associated with a higher risk of death after arthroplasty. Patients should be informed of this when considering surgery. Clinicians should be cautious when considering total joint arthroplasty in underweight patients without first considering their nutritional status. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, therapeutic study. PMID: 29775187 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tags: Clin Orthop Relat Res Source Type: research