BACKGROUND There is a well-established relationship between obesity, as measured by body mass index (BMI), and overall health risk. The presence of body fat is a known limitation to ultrasound, but it is unknown whether any decrease in quality due to obesity limits the interpretability of focused bedside echocardiography (FBE). OBJECTIVES To correlate obesity, as measured by BMI, with image q...

The potential adverse effect of body mass index (BMI) on shoulder function scores after reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RSA) has not been investigated. We conducted a study to examine outcomes of RSA performed for rotator cuff tear arthropathy (RCTA) across BMI categories (normal weight, overweight, obese). We hypothesized that, compared with normal-weight patients, obese patients would have wor...

BACKGROUND Greater body mass index (BMI) is associated with shorter time to prostate-specific antigen (PSA) failure following radical prostatectomy and radiation therapy (RT). Whether BMI is associated with prostate cancer-specific mortality (PCSM) was investigated in a large randomized trial of men treated with RT and androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for locally advanced prostate cancer. M...

The prevalence of obesity is increasing globally, with nearly half of a billion of the world's population now considered to be overweight or obese. Obesity and overweight patients are one of the major health issues in Canada, resulting in approximately 57,000 deaths related to obesity over the last 15 years. The effect of obesity on outcomes following liver transplantation remains largely uncle...

The effect of thermogenic meal replacement beverages (TMRB) containing 90 mg EGCG and 100 mg of caffeine on resting energy expenditure (REE) was tested. Thirty adults (19 women, 11 men) were stratified into 3 groups: lean (n=10, BMI 21.5 ± 2.1); overweight/obese (OW) (n=10, BMI 29.8 ± 2.7); or weight maintainers (WM) (n=10, BMI 28.8 ± 4.0). Following an overnight fast, baseline measurements, in...

Despite an increasing number of patients with metastatic bone disease (MBD), minimal data exist regarding outcomes of patients undergoing prophylactic femoral fixation for MBD when compared with other frequently performed orthopedic operations, such as hemiarthroplasty of the femur. The authors performed a retrospective database review evaluating these procedures due to similar operative times ...

BACKGROUND Clinical swollen joint examination of the obese rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patient can be difficult. Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (MSUS) has higher sensitivity than physical examination for swollen joints (SJ). The purpose of this study was to determine the joint-specific association between power Doppler (PDUS) and clinical SJ in RA across body mass index (BMI) categories. METHODS Cr...

BACKGROUND Recently, many studies focused on type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients with body mass index (BMI) < 30 kg/m2 and suggested that those patients might benefit from Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). However, evidence on its effectiveness to improve T2DM patients with BMI < 30 kg/m2 is still lacking. The aim of this study is to explore whether T2DM patients with BMI < 30 kg/m2 get sim...

Introduction. Moderate obesity (BMI 30-35 kg/m(2)) affects 25% of the western population. The role of bariatric surgery in this context is currently debated, reserved for patients with comorbidity, as an alternative to conservative medical treatment. We describe our experience in moderately obese patients treated with bariatric surgery. Materials and Methods. Between September 2011 and Septembe...

Multiple studies have shown the effectiveness of osteochondral allograft transplantation (OCA) in treatment symptomatic chondral defects. However, whether these outcomes remain consistent obese patients (Body Mass Index [BMI] >30) has not been well explored. This study aims to determine undergoing OCA based on BMI. Between 2014 and 2017, were identified who underwent completed patient reported ...