Could obesity be a risk factor for complications of osteoarthritis elective knee surgery?

Acta Biomed. 2023 Oct 17;94(5):e2023247. doi: 10.23750/abm.v94i5.14968.

Authors

Stefania Fozzato¹, Gabriele Napoletano², Antonello Ciccarelli³

Affiliations

¹ Trauma Surgery Department I.R.C.C.S. Orthopedic Institute Galeazzi, 20161 Milan, Italy. ste.fozzato@gmail.com.
² Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopedic Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy. gabriele.napoletano@uniroma1.it.
³ Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences University of Rome Foro Italico - 00135 Rome, Italy. antonello.ciccarelli@uniroma4.it.

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MeSH terms

Humans
Knee Joint
Obesity / complications
Obesity / surgery
Osteoarthritis* / surgery
Osteoarthritis, Knee* / complications
Osteoarthritis, Knee* / surgery
Risk Factors