Lower BMI at the time of surgery was associated with increased functional improvements for patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty, thus patients should focus on optimizing preoperative BMI, according to published results.
To determine the effect of postoperative weight change on outcomes after TJA, Laura A. Stock, MS, and colleagues retrospectively analyzed data on 988 patients who underwent total hip arthroplasty or total knee arthroplasty at a single institution’s joint arthroplasty center. According to the study, patients were classified by a 5% change in BMI. A reduction in BMI