Total Joint Arthroplasty in Patients Who Are Obese or Morbidly Obese: An Ethical Analysis

J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2024 Apr 3;106(7):659-664. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.23.00617. Epub 2024 Feb 20.

Authors

Andrew D Lachance¹, Roman Steika¹, Jeffrey Lutton¹, Frank Chessa^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Guthrie Clinic, Sayre, Pennsylvania.
² Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine.
³ Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 38377222
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.23.00617

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee*
Body Mass Index
Ethical Analysis
Humans
Obesity, Morbid* / complications
Obesity, Morbid* / surgery
Postoperative Complications / surgery
Retrospective Studies