Nutritional Considerations in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: A Critical Analysis of Current Evidence.

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Frailty Among Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty Recipients: Epidemiology and Propensity Score-weighted Analysis of Effect on In-hospital Postoperative Outcomes.

Background: Frailty has been shown to correlate with worse outcomes after total knee arthroplasty (TKA), although less is known regarding its effect on revision TKA (rTKA). This study examines the epidemiologic characteristics and inpatient outcomes of patients with frailty undergoing rTKA.

Methods: Discharge data from National Inpatient Sample registry were used to identify all patients aged 50 years or older who underwent rTKA between 2006 and 2015.

The Impact of Morbid Obesity on In-hospital Outcomes after Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty: An Analysis of the National Inpatient Sample.

Introduction: There remain limited data on the effect of obesity on in-hospital outcomes after revision total hip arthroplasty (rTHA).

Methods: Discharge data from the National Inpatient Sample were used to identify patients undergoing rTHA from 2006 to 2015. Propensity score analysis was done to analyze the effects of obesity and morbid obesity on in-hospital economic and complication outcomes after rTHA.