Is There a Threshold Limit for Body Mass Index for Patients Undergoing Primary Total Knee or Total Hip Arthroplasty?
J Arthroplasty
.
2024 Oct 18:S0883-5403(24)01053-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2024.10.040.
Online ahead of print.
Authors
Elizabeth K Carlino
1
,
Kyle H Cichos
2
,
Sultan Al Maskari
3
,
Federico J Burgo
4
,
Richard de Steiger
5
,
Seper Ekhtiari
6
,
Antron Spooner
1
,
Fatih Yildiz
7
,
Elie S Ghanem
8
Affiliations
1
Hughston Foundation, Columbus, Georgia.
2
Hughston Foundation, Columbus, Georgia; Hughston Clinic, Columbus, Georgia.
3
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Oman International Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
4
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hospital Universitario Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
5
Department of Surgery, Epworth Healthcare, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
6
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
7
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Bezmialem Vakif University, İstanbul, Türkiye.
8
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.
PMID:
39426443
DOI:
10.1016/j.arth.2024.10.040
No abstract available
Keywords:
BMI; arthroplasty; hip; knee; obesity; outcomes.
Publication types
Review