HIP SURGERY IN THE ELDERLY AND OBESE, ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH EMPHASIZES NEED FOR COMPLETE PREOPERATIVE ASSESSMENTS

At the 73rd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) studies were presented about how these two factors — aging and excess weight — impact patient outcome after hip replacement, revision hip replacement and fracture-related surgical treatment. A series of research studies concluded that preoperatively, patients should undergo a full medical evaluation and physicians should optimize pre-existing conditions to ensure the patient is in the best health possible prior to undergoing surgery.
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