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12/12/07
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Hip-Surgery Complications More Common in Obese Women: Study
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Obese people, especially women, are more likely to suffer complications following hip replacement surgery, Swiss researchers say.
A Geneva University Hospital study included patients who had a total of 2,495 hip replacements (589 in obese patients) done at the hospital between March 1996 and July 2005. The study, published in the March issue of the journal Arthritis Care & Research, found that obesity was associated with: a substantially higher risk for infection in women; more dislocations (a greater number in women than in men); and more revisions (redoing the hip replacement) due to septic loosening caused by infection. The researchers also evaluated outcomes for 635 hip replacements in non-obese patients and in 183 hip replacements in obese patients five years after the surgery. Obese women, but not obese men, reported moderately lower functional outcomes and slightly less satisfaction, mostly due to a higher rate of complications, t Read the Complete Article Similar content: Common Surgery for Neck Pain Unproven, in Arthritis Needlestick Injuries Common Among Surgery Students, in Hepatitis Midlife Stroke Most Common in Women, in Stroke Study Reveals How Common Painkillers Fight Cancer, in Arthritis Study: Young Women Must Do More to Prevent Heart Disease, in Heart Disease |
