Functional state of patients with an increased body mass index in the early rehabilitation period after total knee joint arthroplasty (preliminary report)
Journal: Genij Ortopedii
Year: 2019

Purpose To assess the impact of increased body mass index on intraoperative indicators and early postoperative clinical and functional results in total knee arthroplasty Materials and methods We studied 74 patients with severe gonarthrosis. The patients were divided into four groups, depending on their body mass index (BMI). The first group consisted of 27 people (comparison group) with normal BMI (18.5–24.9). The second group included 22 persons with a BMI range of 25–34.9. The third group incl