Body mass and weight thresholds for increased prosthetic joint infection rates after primary total joint arthroplasty

Body mass and weight thresholds for increased prosthetic joint infection rates after primary total joint arthroplasty

Background and purpose — Obesity increases the risk of deep infection after total joint arthroplasty (TJA). Our objective was to determine whether there may be body mass index (BMI) and weight thresholds indicating a higher prosthetic joint infection rate. Patients and methods — We included all 9,06...

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Main Authors: Anne Lübbeke, Matthieu Zingg, Diemlan Vu, Hermes H Miozzari, Panayiotis Christofilopoulos, Ilker Uçkay, Stephan Harbarth, Pierre Hoffmeyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-03-01
Series:Acta Orthopaedica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2015.1126157

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