CORR Insights(®): Obesity is Not Associated with Increased Short-term Complications After Primary Total Shoulder Arthroplasty.

Autor:	Gross, R., Gross, R Michael
Předmět:	OBESITY ARTHROPLASTY JOINT surgery BODY mass index
Zdroj:	Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research®; Mar2016, Vol. 474 Issue 3, p796-798, 3p
Abstrakt:	The author presents a commentary on the article Obesity is Not Associated with Increased Short-term Complications After Primary Total Shoulder Arthroplasty by Jiang and colleagues. Topics include establishment of Body mass index (BMI) as a standard index by National Institutes of Health, identification of the patient with obesity using BMI, and risks involved with shoulder replacement in the patient with moderate- to-severe obesity.
Databáze:	Complementary Index
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