Total Hip Arthroplasty in Morbidly Obese: Does a Strict Body Mass Index Cutoff Yield Meaningful Change?

Abstract

Morbidly obese patients (BMI >40 kg/m²) require increased resource expenditure in the acute postoperative period. However, they are not inferior to the control cohorts (BMI <30 kg/m², BMI 30-40 kg/m²) in terms of PJI or all-cause revisions at mid-term follow-up.