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Risk of complications with prolonged operative time in morbidly obese patients undergoing elective total knee arthroplasty

BACKGROUND: Patients with a high body-mass index (BMI) are at increased risk for significant complications after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). We explored whether operative time is a modifiable risk factor for infectious and thromboembolic complications. METHODS: A retrospective observational cohor...

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Autores principales: Mundi, Raman, Nucci, Nicholas, Wolfstadt, Jesse, Pincus, Daniel, Chaudhry, Harman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9893542/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36732859
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42836-022-00162-3