Obesity increases operating room times in patients undergoing primary hip arthroplasty: a retrospective cohort analysis

Obesity increases operating room times in patients undergoing primary hip arthroplasty: a retrospective cohort analysis

Background. Obesity impacts utilization of healthcare resources. The goal of this study was to measure the relationship between increasing body mass index (BMI) in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA) with different components of operating room (OR) time.Methods. The Stanford Translation...

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Main Authors: Bassam Kadry, Christopher D. Press, Hassan Alosh, Isaac M. Opper, Joe Orsini, Igor A. Popov, Jay B. Brodsky, Alex Macario
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2014-08-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
Obesity
Body mass index
Healthcare
Arthroplasty
Hip replacement
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/530.pdf

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