Effect of body mass index on duration of total knee replacement surgery: A prospective cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Obesity and increased BMI has raised concerns throughout the globe. As obesity is often associated with many serious medical conditions. Obesity, older age and gender are major contributing factors for knee replacement surgeries. We aimed to compare the mean duration of surgery in obese and non-obese patients undergoing total knee replacement.

Methods

A Cross-sectional study is conducted at the orthopedic department at Shifa international hospital, Islamabad during June 2021-Dec 2021. Study is conducted to assess the effect of BMI on duration of total knee arthroplasty. Sample size was calculated to be 105 with 95% confidence limit. Data will be analyzed using SPSS version 22. Quantitative variables like age, BMI and duration of surgery were presented as mean an

SUBMITTER: Abbas Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9577639 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature