Study finds no increased safety risk for obese patients undergoing shoulder replacement surgery (IMAGE)

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Study finds no increased safety risk for obese patients undergoing shoulder replacement surgery

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Association of BMI with primary and secondary outcomes after adjusting for age, sex, index of multiple deprivation (for the United Kingdom data), primary surgical indication and American Association of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) score.

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Valsamis EM et al., 2025, PLOS Medicine, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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