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Morbidly obese patients are an ever-growing high-risk population undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) for end-stage osteoarthritis. This study sought to identify preoperative laboratory values that may serve as predictors of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) in morbidly obese patients undergoing THA or TKA.
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