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Volume 1(2): 1-5 Introduction With the escalating rates of obesity in the United States and expanding availability of enhanced medical care, orthopedic surgeons nationwide are resultantly faced with the challenge of increasingly difficult surgeries and advanced complications among obese patients. Affecting approximately 1/3 of the population and over 500 million people worldwide the obesity epidemic often encompasses a constellation of other symptoms and disorders, such as concomitant insulin resistance, hypertension and hyperglycemia, that can ultimately affect postoperative healing [1,2]. Additionally, the most disturbing rates of postoperative infection are seen in total knee replacements in obese patients. A higher BMI disproportionately impacts the knees more than the hips. Additionally, because there exists an association between knee osteoarthritis and a higher BMI, it is likely that total knee arthroplasties are likely to increase in prevalence in the obese population in the coming years, making it a topic worth discussing further [3]. With the increasing popularity of TKAs orthopedic surgeons are finding an increase in the average BMI of patients electing to do the procedure, as well as a younger age at hich the procedure is being performed than in non-obese patients [3,4]. Bearing in mind the comorbidities associated with obesity, both patients and providers should aim for optimal nutrition, appropriate medical management, exercise regimens, and weight management

Do Morbidly Obese (BMI &gt;40) Patients Have Increased Healing Complications Post Orthopedic Total Knee Replacement (TKA)?: A Narrative Review of Recent Literature