Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Nov 2021
Bariatric surgery and total knee/hip arthroplasty: an analysis of the impact of sequence and timing on outcomes.
Patients with morbid obesity may require both bariatric surgery and total knee/hip arthroplasty (TKA/THA). How to sequence these two procedures with better outcomes remains largely unstudied. ⋯ Patients who require both bariatric surgery and TKA/THA should consider bariatric surgery before TKA/THA as it is associated with improved outcomes. Procedures should be staged beyond 6 months.