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Obesity and Perioperative Morbidity in Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients

The Journal of Arthroplasty · 2005 · Vol. 20(7 Suppl 3) · pp. 46–50

Robert S. Namba✉(Kaiser Permanente Orange County Irvine Medical Center)Liz Paxton(Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center)Donald C. Fithian(Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center)Mary Lou Stone(Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center)

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Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsMedicineBody mass indexPerioperativeObesityOdds ratioIncidence (geometry)ArthroplastyTotal knee arthroplastySurgeryJoint arthroplasty

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AgedFemaleHumansInfectionsMaleMiddle AgedObesityPostoperative ComplicationsProspective StudiesArthroplasty, Replacement, HipArthroplasty, Replacement, Knee

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