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Bone & Joint 360
Vol. 12, Issue 6 | Pages 6 - 12
1 Dec 2023
Vallier HA Breslin MA Taylor LA Hendrickson SB Ollivere B


Bone & Joint 360
Vol. 11, Issue 6 | Pages 6 - 11
1 Dec 2022
Roberton A Stocker M Phillips J


Bone & Joint 360
Vol. 13, Issue 3 | Pages 8 - 11
3 Jun 2024
Pickering GAE



Bone & Joint 360
Vol. 3, Issue 5 | Pages 2 - 7
1 Oct 2014
Unsworth-Smith T Wood D

Obesity is a global epidemic of 2.1 billion people and a well known cause of osteoarthritis. Joint replacement in the obese attracts more complications, poorer outcomes and higher revision rates. It is a reversible condition and the fundamental principles of dealing with reversible medical conditions prior to elective total joint replacement should apply to obesity. The dilemma for orthopaedic surgeons is when to offer surgery in the face of a reversible condition, which if treated may obviate joint replacement and reduce the risk and severity of obesity related disease in both the medical arena and the field of orthopaedics.