SynthesisInternational orthopaedics2016
Meta-analysis shows that obesity may be a significant risk factor for prosthetic joint infections.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- Machine Learning Based Diagnostic Models for Hip and Knee Prosthetic Joint Infection: A Systematic Review.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2026Pooled it
- Impact of Prior Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery on Outcomes of Total Knee and Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Archives of Iranian medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Fusion in situ versus reduction for spondylolisthesis treatment: grading the evidence through a meta-analysis.Bioscience reports · 2020Pooled it
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- Only a partial shield: local vancomycin postpones but does not prevent hip and knee prosthetic infections.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2026Article
- Optimizing antimicrobial use: challenges, advances and opportunities.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2021Review
- EFORT recommendations for off-label use, mix & match and mismatch in hip and knee arthroplasty.EFORT open reviews · 2021Review
- Total Hip Replacement for Osteoarthritis-Evidence-Based and Patient-Oriented Indications.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2021Review
- [Decision for total hip arthroplasty-the surgeons' view].Der Orthopade · 2021Review
- Soft-tissue thickness radiographic measurement: a marker to evaluate acute periprosthetic joint infection risk in total hip replacement.Journal of bone and joint infection · 2021Article
- Prevention of Prosthetic Joint Infection: From Traditional Approaches towards Quality Improvement and Data Mining.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Review
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- Ten-year risk of complication and mortality after total hip arthroplasty in morbidly obese patients: a population studyCanadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie · 2019Article
- Influence of body mass index on sagittal hip range of motion and gait speed recovery six months after total hip arthroplasty.International orthopaedics · 2019Article
- Differences in peri-operative serum inflammatory markers between normoponderal and obese patients undergoing large joint replacement for osteoarthritis-a descriptive study.International orthopaedics · 2019Article
- The impact of obesity on resource utilization among patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty.International orthopaedics · 2019Article
- Prosthetic Joint Infection Trends at a Dedicated Orthopaedics Specialty Hospital.Advances in orthopedics · 2019Article
- Periprosthetic Joint Infection in Patients with Inflammatory Joint Disease: Prevention and Diagnosis.Current rheumatology reports · 2018Review
- Silver Nanocoating Technology in the Prevention of Prosthetic Joint Infection.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2016Review
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purposeOur aim was to evaluate the association between the different degree of obesity and prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) after total hip replacement (THR) by performing a meta-analysis.
methodsPubMed, Cochrane library and Embase databases up to May, 2014 were retrieved for identifying relevant studies. Relative risk (RR) and their 95 % confidence intervals (CIs) were used as effect sizes.
resultsA total of 15 articles were included in this meta-analysis. The overall analyses showed that the risk of PJIs in the BMI ≥ 30 group and in BMI ≥ 40 group were significantly higher than that in the BMI < 30 group. As well, the prospective pooled results showed that overweight and obesity could significantly increase the incidence of PJIs.
conclusionsOur meta-analysis indicates that all of obesity levels can significantly increase the risk of PJIs. However, further studies with more strict design are need in the future.
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