Obesity associated with increased complications after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair

Obesity associated with increased complications after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair
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Healio

Despite similar pain and function scores, patients who were obese and underwent arthroscopic rotator cuff repair had increased rates of complications, readmissions and reoperations vs. non-obese patients, published results showed.

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