Meta-analysis shows that obesity may be a significant risk factor for prosthetic joint infections

The Effect of Body Mass Index on Outcome in Total Hip Arthroplasty: Early Analysis From the New Zealand Joint Registry

(2014) Sarah E. Murgatroyd et al.   JOURNAL OF ARTHROPLASTY

The effect of body mass index on the risk of post-operative complications during the 6 months following total hip replacement or total knee replacement surgery

(2014) G. Wallace et al.   OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE

Increased risk of prosthetic joint infection associated with esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy with biopsy

(2013) Nayantara Coelho-Prabhu et al.   Acta Orthopaedica

Risk Factors for Periprosthetic Joint Infection Following Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Case Control Study

(2013) Kevin J. Bozic et al.   JOURNAL OF ARTHROPLASTY

Obesity in total hip arthroplasty—does it really matter?

(2012) Anne Lübbeke   Acta Orthopaedica

Analysis of Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Surgical Site Infection Data in Western Australia: Null Effect of Stratification by Procedure Type

(2012) L. Tracey et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Patient-Related Risk Factors for Periprosthetic Joint Infection and Postoperative Mortality Following Total Hip Arthroplasty in Medicare Patients

(2012) Kevin J Bozic et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME

Relationship between Intraoperative Cultures during Hip Arthroplasty, Obesity, and the Risk of Early Prosthetic Joint Infection: A Prospective Study of 428 Patients

(2011) Lluís Font-Vizcarra et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL ORGANS

Total hip replacement in morbidly obese patients with osteoarthritis

(2010) Y. H. Chee et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-BRITISH VOLUME

The New Demands by Patients in the Modern Era of Total Joint Arthroplasty

(2008) J. Bohannon Mason   CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS AND RELATED RESEARCH

Is the Long-term Outcome of Cemented THA Jeopardized by Patients Being Overweight?

(2008) Daniël Haverkamp et al.   CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS AND RELATED RESEARCH

Obese Diabetic Patients are at Substantial Risk for Deep Infection after Primary TKA

(2008) Michelle M. Dowsey et al.   CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS AND RELATED RESEARCH

Obesity is a Major Risk Factor for Prosthetic Infection after Primary Hip Arthroplasty

(2008) Michelle M. Dowsey et al.   CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS AND RELATED RESEARCH

Periprosthetic Joint Infection: The Incidence, Timing, and Predisposing Factors

(2008) Luis Pulido et al.   CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS AND RELATED RESEARCH

Obesity in total hip replacement

(2008) J. G. Andrew et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-BRITISH VOLUME