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The Super Obese Knee

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Obesity has become a major problem for the treatment of arthritis of the knee. The patients have multiple comorbidities that contribute to the perioperative increase in complications, and the surgical exposure, itself, is far more difficult than the normal size knee joint. The preoperative evaluation must be thorough to expose any and all associated medical problems, and the patient should be optimized as thoroughly as possible. The surgical procedure demands proper exposure, and the choice of the implant may need to be modified to protect the prosthetic device from subsequent loosening.

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  1. Orthopedic Center of New Jersey, Somerset, NJ, USA

    Alfred J. Tria MD

  2. Clinical Research, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Paraskevi (Vivian) Papas BS

  3. Northwell Health Orthopedic Institute, New York, NY, USA

    Fred D. Cushner MD

  4. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Jason Wong MD

  5. Division of Hip and Knee Surgery, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Center for Hip and Knee Replacement, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Jeffrey A. Geller MD

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Tria, A.J., Papas, P., Cushner, F.D., Wong, J., Geller, J.A. (2018). The Super Obese Knee. In: Tria, A., Scuderi, G., Cushner, F. (eds) Complex Cases in Total Knee Arthroplasty. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69380-4_6

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