Differences in outcomes of obese women and men undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty

Luebbeke-Wolff, Anne; Stern, Richard; Garavaglia, Guido; Zurcher, Line; Hoffmeyer, Pierre

doi:10.1002/art.22542

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Differences in outcomes of obese women and men undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty

ContributorsLuebbeke-Wolff, Anne; Stern, Richard; Garavaglia, Guido; Zurcher, Line; Hoffmeyer, Pierre

Published inArthritis and rheumatism, vol. 57, no. 2, p. 327-334

Publication date2007

Abstract

To evaluate the effect of obesity on the incidence of main complications (infection, dislocation, and revision), functional outcome, and patient satisfaction 5 years after primary total hip arthroplasty (THA), and to determine whether results differ between obese women and men.

Keywords

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip/statistics & numerical data
Body Mass Index
Cohort Studies
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Incidence
Infection/epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Obesity/epidemiology
Osteoarthritis, Hip/epidemiology/surgery
Postoperative Complications/epidemiology
Prospective Studies
Sex Distribution
Treatment Outcome

Affiliation

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de chirurgie

Research group

Chirurgie orthopédique et traumatologique (98)

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LUEBBEKE-WOLFF, Anne et al. Differences in outcomes of obese women and men undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty. In: Arthritis and rheumatism, 2007, vol. 57, n° 2, p. 327–334. doi: 10.1002/art.22542

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PID : unige:35016
DOI : 10.1002/art.22542
PMID : 17330288

ISSN of the journal0004-3591

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Differences in outcomes of obese women and men undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty

To evaluate the effect of obesity on the incidence of main complications (infection, dislocation, and revision), functional outcome, and patient satisfaction 5 years after primary total hip arthroplasty (THA), and to determine whether results differ between obese women and men.

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