Short-Term Follow-up Indicator for Total Knee Arthroplasty and Body Mass Index

Impact of Elevated Body Mass Index on Short-term Follow-up Indicators for Total Knee Arthroplasty : a Retrospective Study

The main purpose of this study is to determine the influence of obesity on the short term follow-up indicators of a polyvalent geriatric rehabilitation clinic after total knee arthroplasty. It is a retrospective, comparative study

The secondary purposes are to explore the links between length of stay and short-term follow-up indicators of a polyvalent geriatric rehabilitation clinic after total knee arthroplasty.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient admitted after total knee arthroplasty in Polyvalent Geriatric Rehabilitation Clinic during the january 2007/October 2016 period

Exclusion Criteria:

• Uncompleted case file or case file anterior to 2007 ;
• Inter-current orthopedic complication ;
• Evolutive or inter-current pathology written in the case-file (neurologic affection, etc...).