Obesity alone should not rule out knee replacement surgery

Helen Saul; Deniz Gursul; Jonathan Evans

doi:10.1136/bmj.o2473

Obesity alone should not rule out knee replacement surgery

BMJ. 2022 Oct 25:379:o2473. doi: 10.1136/bmj.o2473.

Authors

Helen Saul¹, Deniz Gursul², Jonathan Evans^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ NIHR Centre for Engagement and Dissemination, Twickenham, UK NIHRAlerts@nihr.ac.uk.
² NIHR Centre for Engagement and Dissemination, Twickenham, UK.
³ Exeter Hip Unit, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK.
⁴ University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

PMID: 36283709
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.o2473

Abstract

The studyEvans JT, Mouchti S, Blom AW, et al. Obesity and revision surgery, mortality, and patient-reported outcomes after primary knee replacement surgery in the National Joint Registry: a UK cohort study. PLoS Med 2021;18:7.

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MeSH terms

Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee*
Cohort Studies
Humans
Obesity / surgery
Registries
Reoperation