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Can Patient Selection Explain the Obesity Paradox in Orthopaedic Hip Surgery? An Analysis of the ACS-NSQIP Registry
BACKGROUND: The “obesity paradox” is a phenomenon described in prior research in which patients who are obese have been shown to have lower postoperative mortality and morbidity compared with normal-weight individuals. The paradox is that clinical experience suggests that obesity is a risk factor fo...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5916618/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29480892 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11999.0000000000000218 |