Does obesity affects early infection after total knee arthroplasty. A comparison of obese vs non obese patients

Waseem Ahmed; Riaz Hussain Lakdawala; Yasir Mohib; Aurangzeb Qureshi; Rizwan Haroon Rashid

Does obesity affects early infection after total knee arthroplasty. A comparison of obese vs non obese patients

Waseem Ahmed, Riaz Hussain Lakdawala, Yasir Mohib, Aurangzeb Qureshi, Rizwan Haroon Rashid

Department of Surgery, Medical College, Pakistan

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Surgical site infection (SSI) is a disastrous complication after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) which can cause prosthesis loosening and may end up in septicaemia. The incidence of infection reported to be in the range of 0.3-12.4% for primary TKA. Significantly higher infection rate is found in the morbidly obese patients. The current study compared the immediate rate of post-total knee replacement wound infection in the obese versus non-obese population. The cross-sectional study was conducted at Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) and comprised patients undergoing TKA for primary knee osteoarthritis. Surgical outcome was measured by the Southampton wound infection score at 1-month follow-up. Out of 142 enrolled patients with a mean age of 67.8±56 years, infection was confirmed in 3(2.11%) patients who needed surgical management. All the patients who developed SSIs were females.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	S96-S98
Journal	JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Volume	66 3)
Issue number	10
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2016

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Total knee replacement, SSI, Obesity.

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