2024
DOI: 10.1530/eor-23-0192
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Malnutrition in total joint arthroplasty: what should the orthopaedic surgeon consider?

Peter Richard Almeida,
Lipalo Mokete,
Nkhodiseni Sikhauli
et al.

Abstract: Total joint arthroplasty (TJA) is rising globally, with an associated increase in associated complications, necessitating increased efforts in prevention of these complications with pre-operative optimisation. Malnutrition has been highlighted as one of the most important pre-operative modifiable risk factors to be addressed in TJA, with the term malnutrition in orthopaedic surgery having a broad definition that encompasses a wide range of nutritional abnormalities from undernutrition to overnutrition contri… Show more

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