Institutional Adherence to the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Body Mass Index Guidelines Lowers Perioperative Emergency Department Visits in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

Background: In 2013, the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons tasked a workgroup to provide obesity-related recommendations in total joint arthroplasty and determined that patients who had body mass index (BMI) ≥ 40 seeking hip/knee arthroplasty were at increased perioperative risk and reco...
Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Autor*in:

Adrados, Murillo [verfasserIn]

Samuel, Linsen T. [verfasserIn]

Locklear, Tonja M. [verfasserIn]

Moskal, Joseph T. [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2023

Schlagwörter:

obesity

BMI

body mass index

AAHKS

threshold

total knee arthroplasty

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: The journal of arthroplasty - Orlando, Fla. : Churchill Livingstone, 1986, 38, Seite S88-S93

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:38 ; pages:S88-S93

DOI / URN:

10.1016/j.arth.2023.02.034

Katalog-ID:

ELV009854371

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