%0 Journal Article
%T Body mass index is associated with risk of reoperation and revision after primary total hip arthroplasty: a study of the Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Register including 83,146 patients
%A Arkan S Sayed-Noor
%A Johan K£¿rrholm
%A Maziar Mohaddes
%A Ola Rolfson
%A Sebastian Mukka
%J Archive of "Acta Orthopaedica".
%D 2019
%R 10.1080/17453674.2019.1594015
%X Background and purpose ¡ª The prevalence of obesity is on the rise, becoming a worldwide epidemic. The main purpose of this register-based observational study was to investigate whether different BMI classes are associated with increased risk of reoperation within 2 years, risk of revision within 5 years, and the risk of dying within 90 days after primary total hip arthroplasty (THA). We hypothesized that increasing BMI would increase these risks
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6534237/