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Relationship between Body Mass Index and Complications during the First 45 Days after Primary Total Hip and Knee Replacement: A Single-Center Study from South America
][4][5] Surgery in obese patients is technically challenging and has suboptimal clinical and functional results; 6) therefore, there is reluctance of the orthopedic surgeons to perform an elective joint replacement in patients with a high BMI, particularly above 40 kg/m 2 .][9] For example, Lubbeke et al. 7) reported the risk of infection doubled in 9,061 patients
