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Patient Characteristics, Length of Stay, Cost of Care, and Complications in Super-Obese Patients Undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty: A National Database Study

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to compare postoperative complication rates in super-obese (SO) patients with a body mass index (BMI) ≥ 50 kg/m(2) undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA) versus non-super-obese (NSO) patients undergoing THA. METHODS: In this retrospective study using the Na...

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Autores principales: Sambandam, Senthil, Serbin, Philip, Senthil, Tejas, Varatharaj, Sushrruti, Sakthivelnathan, Vishaal, Ramanan, Sruthi Priyavadhana, Mounasamy, Varatharaj
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Orthopaedic Association 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10232323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37274508
http://dx.doi.org/10.4055/cios22180