Pre-surgical health optimisation: what is the impact of asking patients to lose weight before joint replacement surgery
Professor Scarlett McNally
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Deputy Director, Centre for Perioperative Care
Dr Joanna McLaughlin
Public Health Specialty Registrar and NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow
Recorded 22 June 2022
In this podcast Dr Joanna McLaughlin explains her new research showing dramatic reductions in people getting knee replacement surgery in regions with strict targets around obesity; the socioeconomic impact, cost and effectiveness of different health optimisation interventions are highlighted.