Read complete study here: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/552972

Anne Lübbeke, Richard Stern, Guido Garavaglia, Line Zurcher, Pierre Hoffmeyer, Mar 2007

Obese patients tend to have a higher prevalence of total hip replacements due to a higher incidence of hip osteoarthritis…

…A new study published in the March 2007 issue of Arthritis Care & Research evaluated the effects of obesity on complications and outcomes following total hip replacements and investigated whether the results differed in obese women and men… .

…The results showed that obesity was associated with a substantially higher risk for infection in women, led to more dislocations (with a greater increase in women), and resulted in more revisions due to septic loosening (caused by infection). After five years, outcomes for 635 hips in non-obese patients and 183 hips in obese patients were evaluated. Obese women, but not obese men, reported moderately lower functional outcomes and slightly less satisfaction, mostly due to a higher incidence of complications…