Does obesity influence early outcome of fixed-bearing unicompartmental knee arthroplasty?

Obesity is a known major contributing risk factor for knee osteoarthritis (OA). It is also believed that obese unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) patients tend to have poorer outcome and possible early failure. The purpose of this study is to investigate the early outcome of obese UKA patients...

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Main Authors: Yew Lok Woo, Yong Qiang Jerry Chen, Mun Chun Lai, Kheng Jin Darren Tay, Shi-Lu Chia, Ngai Nung Lo, Seng Jin Yeo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-03-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2309499016684297