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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 no:Clin Orthop Relat Res
Main Authors: Shohat, Noam, Fleischman, Andrew, Tarabichi, Majd, Tan, Timothy L., Parvizi, Javad
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: Wolters Kluwer 2018
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Acesso em linha: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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