Denying Obese Patients Joint Surgery is a Dead End

DENYING OBESE PATIENTS JOINT SURGERY IS A DEAD END (Orthopedics This Week)
One might think that simply putting restrictions on elective total joint surgery for those who are severely overweight might encourage weight loss.
Not necessarily so, says new work from OrthoCarolina and Novant Health Bariatric Solutions. Such an endeavor requires a different, more problem solving and supportive approach, says new research.
The study, “What are the implications of withholding total joint arthroplasty in the morbidly obese? a prospective, observational study,” appears in the June 30, 2019 edition of&...