Morbid Obesity Is a Significant Risk of Failure Following Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty

摘要

Background: Although it has been shown that morbidly obese patients experience good outcomes following primary total hip arthroplasty (THA), it is unclear whether this also applies to revision surgery. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a high body mass index (BMI) on the outcome of revision THA.