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Weighing in on Body Mass Index and Infection After Total Joint Arthroplasty: Is There Evidence for a Body Mass Index Threshold?
BACKGROUND: Although morbid obesity is considered a modifiable risk factor for periprosthetic joint infection (PJI), there is no consensus regarding an appropriate threshold for body mass index (BMI) above which a high risk for infection may outweigh the benefits of surgery. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES: (1)...
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| Publicado en: | Clin Orthop Relat Res |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , |
| Formato: | Artigo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglês |
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Wolters Kluwer
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6259862/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30794240 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11999.0000000000000141 |
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