Abstract
Obesity is strongly linked to osteoarthritis; can affect the outcome of total knee arthroplasty and can increase the load on the components with reduction of the implant’s survivorship.
The purpose of this study is to compare clinical and radiographic outcomes in obese (defined as BMI > 30) and non obese patients.
The Knee Society scoring system and WOMAC was used to evaluate the knees preoperately and at latest follow up.
With a follow up ranging from 1 to 5 years, Knee Society score and WOMAC for the patients who were obese were lower than non obese patients.
Non progressive radiolucent lines were located adjacent to the tibial component in the group of obese patients, but without clinical significance.
Correspondence should be addressed to Ariella Neustadt at Studio EGA, Professional Congress Organisers, Viale Tiziano, 19 - 00196, Rome - Italy.
