Background Obesity is a well-established risk factor for complications following primary total
knee arthroplasty (TKA). The purpose of this study is to utilize 3 national databases to …

Introduction Literature examining the risks, benefits, and potential complications of TKA in
morbidly obese patients is conflicting. Surgeons with more experience performing TKA on …

Despite its rarity, the risk of mortality following primary elective total knee arthroplasty (TKA)
is a critical component of surgical decision-making and patient counseling. The purpose of …

The association of morbid obesity with increased revision total knee arthroplasty (rTKA)
complications is potentially confounded by concurrent risk factors. This study was performed …

Background/Objectives: Obesity is a common comorbidity in knee osteoarthritis (KOA)
patients. Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) injection therapy may mitigate KOA. To further clarify …

Methods: Patients who underwent nonelective operative treatment for traumatic hip fractures
were identified in the 2015–2020 American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality …

Background and Objectives: Clinically, it is beneficial to determine the knee osteoarthritis
(OA) subtype that responds well to conservative treatments. Therefore, this study aimed to …

Background Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) indications have expanded during
the past two decades to include some morbidly obese patients (body mass index (BMI)> 40 …

Introduction: Over ⅓ of the population in the United State is obese (body mass index [BMI]>
30 kg/m2), with an increasing proportion being morbidly obese (BMI> 40 kg/m2). As the …

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) use has increased about 4% for nonobese subjects, around
121% for overweight subjects, about 73% for nonmorbidly obese subjects, and around 84 …