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Inventi Impact: Orthopaedics

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  • Inventi:hsm/18396/15
    Outcome in Patients with High Body Mass Index following Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty
    01-Jan-1970 Research 2016 : January - March
    Zuned Hakim, Claire Rutherford, Elizabeth Mckiernan, Tony Helm

    Obesity is becoming a critical problem in the developed world and is associated with an increased incidence of osteoarthritis of\nthe hip.The Oxford Hip Score was used to determine if Body Mass Index (BMI) is an independent factor in determining patient\noutcome following primary total hip arthroplasty (THA). Using data from 353 operations we found that patients with BMI ââ?°Â¥ 30 had\nan absolute score that was lower preoperatively and postoperatively compared to those with a BMI < 30.There was no difference\nin pre- and postoperative point score change within each group; Kendallââ?¬â?¢s rank correlation was 0.00047 (95% CI, âË?â??0.073 to 0.074\n(

    How to Cite this Article
    CC Compliant Citation: Zuned Hakim, Claire Rutherford, Elizabeth\nMckiernan, and Tony Helm, â??Outcome in Patients with High Body\nMass Index following Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty,â? Advances\nin Orthopedic Surgery, vol. 2015, Article ID 758486, 4 pages,\n2015. doi:10.1155/2015/758486, http://creativecommons.org/\nlicenses/by/3.0/.
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