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Batsis JA, Naessens JM, Keegan MT et al. Public Health Nutr 2009;12:1122–32.

In this study, the authors determined that obesity does not increase resource utilization for elective total hip arthroplasty.

 

Obesity affected 14% of the US population in the 1970s [1], but currently affects >32% [2]. It has been estimated to cost the US economy 52 billion (a38 billion) directly per year [3]. This rise has been paralleled by a rise in osteoarthritis of the hip. Since there are in excess of 230 000 total hip arthroplasty (THA) procedures per year in the US [4], this group of patients may have an impact on global hospital resources. The aim of this study was to determine whether hospital costs and length of stay in patients undergoing THA were impacted by body mass index.

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