Morbid Obesity and Excessive Hospital Resource Consumption for Unilateral Primary Hip and Knee Arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1258-1266

  Kim, Sunny H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Hospital charges; Hospital costs; Obesity; THA; TKA

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78249257789     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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