The Effect of Preoperative Subcutaneous Trochanteric Fat Thickness and Trochanteric Soft Tissue Thickness on Postoperative Infection Risk in Patients Undergoing Hemiarthroplasty for Femoral Neck Fracture
The Effect of Preoperative Subcutaneous Trochanteric Fat Thickness and Trochanteric Soft Tissue Thickness on Postoperative Infection Risk in Patients Undergoing Hemiarthroplasty for Femoral Neck Fracture
The effect of preoperative subcutaneous trochanteric fat thickness and trochanteric soft tissue thickness on postoperative infection risk in patients undergoing hemiarthroplasty for femoral neck fracture
Obesity is a growing problem for healthcare systems and orthopaedic surgeons, with 29% of the adult population in the UK and 40% in the US affected by obesity. The most commonly used measure of obesity in healthcare is body mass index (BMI), and the World Health Organisation defines obesity as a BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2. Much of the arthroplasty literature has also focused on the use of BMI as a measure of obesity.
BMI-defined obesity is associated with an increased risk of perioperative complications (including infection and dislocation) in total hip arthroplasty. It has also been shown that there is a gradual increase in anaesthetic time, operative time and length of hospital stay as BMI increases in obese patients.
BMI is an imperfect measure because it does not take into account age, sex, race, fat distribution or muscle mass. Previous studies have shown that subcutaneous fat depth (FD) is an independent risk factor for wound infection in cervical and lumbar spine surgery and after laparotomy. It is not known whether increased subcutaneous fat and soft tissue mass are associated with an increased risk of complications after arthroplasty for femoral neck fractures.
The aim of this study was to investigate whether preoperative measurement of subcutaneous adipose tissue by radiography and computed tomography (CT) and muscle thickness in the gluteus medius/minus, gluteus maximus, anterior and medial compartments by computed tomography (CT) in femoral neck fractures correlate with infection rates at postoperative follow-up.
Hypothesis: In patients with high body mass index (BMI) with femoral neck fractures, the investigators believe that the relationship between increased subcutaneous adipose tissue on radiographs and CT sections and wound infection is as effective as the relationship between increased muscle thickness in the gluteus medius/minimus, gluteus maximus, anterior and medial compartments measured on CT sections and wound infection.
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