Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who underwent shoulder arthroplasty and had a higher BMI had a strong association with increased rates ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Recent data has revealed that an elevated BMI is a risk factor for early referral for revision total knee ...

A higher BMI is not associated with an increased risk for mortality or complications following shoulder replacement procedures compared with normal BMI, whereas underweight status is linked to a ...

In these higher-BMI patients, 10-year rates of revision surgery are lower with cementless compared with cemented UKR, according to the new research. There are conflicting data on how BMI affects the ...

"Increasing BMI is strongly associated with increased rates of revision surgical procedures and postoperative complications after shoulder arthroplasty," write Eric R. Wagner, MD, and colleagues at ...

Does BMI matter for knee replacement? Yes, higher body mass index (BMI) may affect the long-term outcomes of partial knee arthroplasty. Having a higher body mass index (BMI) may affect the long-term ...

Washington [US], March 9 (ANI): According to a study published in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, long-term outcomes for patients with higher BMI receiving unicompartmental or "partial" knee ...