Open AccessTotal Hip Arthroplasty in the Obese Patient: Tips and Tricks and Review of the Literature
Author(s) -
John-Henry Rhind,
Camilla Baker,
Philip Roberts
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.1007/s43465-020-00164-w
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , total hip arthroplasty
There is a lack of consensus on the optimal method of performing primary hip arthroplasty in obese patients and limited evidence. This article presents a series of considerations based on the authors' experiences as well as a review of the literature.