Obesity is associated with higher complication rates in revision total hip arthroplasty

John W. Kennedy; David Young; Dominic R.M. Meek; Sanjeev R. Patil

doi:10.1016/j.jor.2018.01.018

Obesity is associated with higher complication rates in revision total hip arthroplasty

John W. Kennedy, David Young, Dominic R.M. Meek, Sanjeev R. Patil

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Abstract

We examined differences in complication rates between obese and non-obese patients undergoing revision total hip arthroplasty. Sixty-five patients with a BMI ≥30 kg/m² and 54 patients with a BMI of <30 kg/m² were identified. Obese patients were 2.5 times more likely to suffer a complication than non-obese (38.4% cf 14.8%, p = 0.02). Obese patients were more likely to experience dislocation, leg length discrepancy, fracture, implant loosening, infection and pulmonary embolus. The obese group had a significantly higher revision rate (12.3% cf 1.8%, p = 0.039). Obese patients should be counselled pre-operatively on their elevated risk.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	70-72
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Orthopaedics
Volume	15
Issue number	1
Early online date	30 Jan 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jor.2018.01.018
Publication status	Published - 31 Mar 2018

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Keywords

complications
obesity
revision hip arthroplasty

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Kennedy, J. W., Young, D., Meek, D. R. M., & Patil, S. R. (2018). Obesity is associated with higher complication rates in revision total hip arthroplasty. Journal of Orthopaedics, 15(1), 70-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jor.2018.01.018

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