Are perioperative complications and clinical outcomes following reverse shoulder arthroplasty adversely affected by obesity? A systematic review

Obesity has been studied in relation to perioperative medical and surgical complications, as well as clinical outcomes following reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (rTSA), with often inconsistent conclusions reached. The purpose of this systematic review is to synthesize the reported correlations between elevated body mass index (BMI) and both the complications and clinical outcomes following rTSA. An extensive literature search of the PubMed,...