Bariatric surgery prior to total knee arthroplasty in morbidly obese patients with end-stage knee osteoarthritis may be a cost-effective option for improving outcomes, according to results of a computer model-based evaluation.
“The idea was to explore whether or not performing an intervention before a total knee arthroplasty for morbid obesity might alter patient outcomes and be a cost-effective way of altering those outcomes,” Alexander S. McLawhorn, MD, MBA, clinical orthopedic surgery fellow at Hospital for Special Surgery, told Orthopedics Today. “Bariatric surgery 2 years prior to a total knee arthroplasty in morbidly obese patients may be a cost-effective treatment protocol from the societal and health payer perspectives.”
Source: Healio
