VIDEO: Surgeon volume may not impact revision rates after TKA in patients with obesity
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Key takeaways:
- Surgeon volume of all total knee arthroplasties decreased revision rates at 90 days and at all time points.
- However, surgeon volume did not impact revision rates in patients with morbid obesity.
DALLAS — In this video, Christopher N. Carender, MD, discussed results that showed surgeon volume may not be a modifiable risk factor for revision and periprosthetic joint infection after total knee arthroplasty in patients with obesity.
“Our conclusion essentially was that surgeon volume does not seem to be a modifiable risk factor for patients with a BMI [greater than] 40 kg/m2 undergoing primary total knee arthroplasty,” Carender, assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, told Healio about results presented at the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Annual Meeting. “We need to work to figure out the best way to help care for these [patients].”
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Carender CN, et al. Paper 3. Presented at: American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Annual Meeting; Nov. 7-10, 2024; Dallas.
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