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Tuesday, 6 October 2015

New Study Suggests Obesity Doesn’t Make Joint Surgery Less Safe

I recently came across a recently published study that was published in The Journal of Arthroplasty regarding overweight and obese patients and joint surgery.  In particular, the study evaluates data from 900 hip surgeries and over 1,500 knee surgeries.  The data was evaluated in terms of weight, BMI, how often blood transfusions were necessary, complications […]

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