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Obesity, preoperative weight loss, and telemedicine before total joint arthroplasty: a review

The preoperative period prior to elective total joint arthroplasty (TJA) is a critical time for lifestyle interventions since a scheduled surgery may help motivate patients to lose weight. Weight loss may reduce complications associated with obesity following TJA and enable patients with severe obes...

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Autores principales: Seward, Michael W., Chen, Antonia F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8723914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35005434
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42836-021-00102-7