Surgical site infection in overweight and obese Total Knee Arthroplasty patients

Surgical site infection in overweight and obese Total Knee Arthroplasty patients

Abstract Purpose This aim of this study was to evaluate the rate of surgical site infection (SSI) in patients undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA), to improve our understanding of the associations between infection rate and obesity. Methods Data was reviewed for 839 primary TKA procedures perfor...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of orthopaedics 2018-06, Vol.15 (2), p.328-332
Hauptverfasser: Wilson, Christopher John, Georgiou, Kristen Renee, Oburu, Ezekiel, Theodoulou, Annika, Deakin, Angela H, Krishnan, Jeganath
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Sprache:eng
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Body mass index
Obesity
Orthopedics
Surgical site infection
Total knee arthroplasty
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract Purpose This aim of this study was to evaluate the rate of surgical site infection (SSI) in patients undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA), to improve our understanding of the associations between infection rate and obesity. Methods Data was reviewed for 839 primary TKA procedures performed at a National Arthroplasty Centre over one year (April 2007–March 2008). SSI data was collected at 30 days and one year post-operatively. Patients were grouped guided by the WHO classifications of obesity; normal (BMI 
ISSN:0972-978X
0972-978X
DOI:10.1016/j.jor.2018.02.009