The Effect of Obesity on Operative Time and Postoperative Complications for Peritrochanteric Femur Fractures

Introduction The high prevalence of obesity among adults in the United States presents significant challenges to orthopedic surgeons. Obesity has been shown to increase operative time and complications in both elective and nonelective orthopedic surgeries. Despite this, there is a lack of literature...

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Autores principales: Schuette, Hayden B, Durkin, William M, Passias, Braden J, DeGenova, Daniel, Bertolini, Carina, Myers, Philip, Taylor, Benjamin C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Orthopedics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7772110/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33391951
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11720

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7772110/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33391951
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11720

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