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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 99-B, Issue SUPP_8 | Pages 101 - 101
1 Apr 2017
Al-Azzani W Iqbal H Al-Soudaine Y Thayaparan A Suhaimi M Masud S White S
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Background

Increasing number of studies investigating surgical patients have reported longer length of stay (LOS) in hospital after an operation with higher ASA grades. However, the impact of Body Mass Index (BMI) on LOS in hospital post Total Knee Replacement (TKR) remains a controversial topic with conflicting findings in reported literature. In our institution, we recently adopted a weight reduction program requiring all patients with raised BMI to participate in order to be considered for elective TKR.

Objectives

This has prompted us to investigate the impact BMI has on LOS compared to the more established impact of ASA grade on patients following Primary TKR.