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. 2022 Feb 16;6(2):e21.00263.
doi: 10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-21-00263.

Epidemiology of Obese Patients Undergoing Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty: Understanding Demographics, Comorbidities, and Propensity Weighted Analysis of Inpatient Outcomes

Inaya Hajj Hussein  1 , Abdul Kareem Zalikha, Andrei Tuluca, Zachary Crespi, Mouhanad M El-Othmani
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Epidemiology of Obese Patients Undergoing Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty: Understanding Demographics, Comorbidities, and Propensity Weighted Analysis of Inpatient Outcomes

Inaya Hajj Hussein et al. J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev. .

Abstract

Introduction: Obesity is a public health epidemic that is projected to grow in coming years. Observational data on the epidemiologic profile and immediate postoperative outcomes of obesity and morbid obesity after revision total knee arthroplasty (rTKA) are limited.

Methods: Discharge data from the National Inpatient Sample was used to identify patients who underwent rTKA from 2006 to 2015. Patients were stratified into morbidly obese, obese, and not obese control cohorts. An analysis was performed to compare etiology of revision, demographic and medical comorbidity profiles, and immediate in-hospital economic and complication outcomes after rTKA.

Results: An estimated 605,603 rTKAs were included in this analysis. Morbidly obese and obese patients were at significantly higher risk for any complication than not obese patients. Patients with obesity were associated with an increased risk of postoperative anemia but a lower risk of peripheral vascular disease and gastrointestinal, and hematoma/seroma complications compared with not obese patients. Patients with morbid obesity were associated with an increased risk of any, hematoma/seroma, wound dehiscence, postoperative infection, pulmonary embolism, and postoperative anemia complications and a lower risk of gastrointestinal complications when compared with not obese patients. Morbidly obese patients had a significantly longer length of stay than both obese and not obese patients, while no significant difference in length of stay was observed between obese and not obese patients.

Discussion: Morbidly obese patients are at higher odds for worse postoperative medical and economic outcomes compared with those with obesity after rTKA. As the number of patients with obesity and morbid obesity continues to rise, these risk factors should be considered in preoperative discussions and perioperative protocol optimization.

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