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Morbid Obesity and Excessive Hospital Resource Consumption for Unilateral Primary Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
Journal of Arthroplasty, 11/03/09

Kim SH – Despite the controversy associated with increased infection risk and failure rate, a large number of morbidly obese people seem to consider that the benefits outweigh the risks. When sex, age, race, and primary payer were held constant, the hospital resource consumption for unilateral primary THA and TKA was 9% and 7% higher among morbidly obese patients than among nonobese patients, respectively.

Conversion of lateral unicompartmental arthroplasty to anterior cruciate retaining tricompartmental knee arthroplasty
The Knee, 11/02/09 Relevance Score: 82%

Retention of the posterior cruciate ligament versus the posterior stabilized design in total knee arthroplasty: a prospective randomized controlled clinical trial
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 10/06/09 Relevance Score: 82%

Minimally Invasive Subvastus Approach: Improving the Results of Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective, Randomized Trial
Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research, 11/19/09 Relevance Score: 81%

The LISS plate treatment of supracondylar fractures above a total knee replacement
Acta Orthopaedica Belgica, 11/05/09 Relevance Score: 81%

Static progressive stretch improves range of motion in arthrofibrosis following total knee arthroplasty
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 10/19/09 Relevance Score: 81%