Obese patients face significantly greater risks following hip joint replacement than patients of normal weight. Defining obesity as a Body Mass Index (BMI) of over 30, the risk is 3.3 times greater that infection will develop and 1.5 times greater that aseptic loosening will result (mechanical, as opposed to inflammation-induced). Obese patients also face twice as much risk of thromboembolism and artificial joint dislocation.Fight back.
A BMI plus 10 increases the risk by as much as 284%. The data, presented today at the 12th Congress of the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT) in Copenhagen, should put an end to the long lasting debate among specialists as to whether or not overweight and obesity influence the clinical outcome and complication rate in arthroplasty.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Overweight Is A High Risk Factor For Complications In Hip And Knee Replacement: Experts Urge Obese Patients To Reduce Weight Before Surgery
And if they don't, have them pay for the complications.
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