Defining the relationship between obesity and total joint arthroplasty

Obesity Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 219-223

  Stickles, Beverly ^a   Phillips, Leslie ^a   Brox, William Timothy ^b   Owens, Brett ^a   Lanzer, William L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Orthopaedic Surgery   (United States)

^c Orthopedics International   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Satisfaction; Short form 36; Total joint arthroplasty; Western ontario and mcmaster universities osteoarthritis index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035291439     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2001.24     Document Type: Article

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