Patients undergoing shoulder joint replacement surgery with a high body mass index are more likely to experience complications, according to News Medical.
Here are five insights:
1. Eric R. Wagner, MD, at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., researched datat on 4,567 should joint replacement surgeries performed between 1970 and 2013.
2. According to the results, 43 percent of the shoulder joint replacement surgery patients were obese.
3. Total, 302 patients needed revision surgery due to mechanical failure, loosening of implant or other causes. An additional 62 cases required a non-revision reoperation.
4. For every one-unit increase in BMI after 30, there was a 5 percent increased risk of revision for mechanical failure.
5. Each additional one unit increase in BMI above 35 was associated with a 5 percent increase in the risk of reoperation for any reason.