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If you need to get knee replacement surgery but your weight is higher than the standard range, your knee surgeon may advice you to reduce weight. Various studies showed that even if the patient doesn’t feel any difficulty with increased weight, patient with BMI higher than 40 are more likely to face some complications related to surgery, high cost of surgery and post-surgery recovery than those with normal BMI. Many of you must be having confusions like what is BMI and how it affects the surgery? BMI refers to Body Mass Index, it is measure of body fat based on the weight and height of the individual. BMI is measured by applying the following formula: BMI (kg/m2) = mass (kg) / height2 (m) Normal Range of BMI for an average adult- 18 to 24 Abnormal BMI range:  Below 18 is underweight 25 to 29 is overweight Above 29 is obesity Relation of knee replacement with obesity According to various studies, around 75% of patients under the age of 60 year need knee replacement surgery due to o...

Knee pain is the most common symptom mainly experienced by the old age person and with severe obesity. Knee pain varies in intensity, depending upon the causing factors. The types of pain most commonly differentiated as: Sharp pain- It is the type of pain sudden on onset, cause stiffness to the knee joints. Dull pain- This types remains constant with very low intensity. Locomotive pain- This depends on the movement, cause stiffness and sets aside with resting. Reason for the occurrence of pain Knee pain is mainly occurs due to damage to the joint and the reason for this can vary with the condition of the patient. Some most common reason for joint pain are as follows: Injury: Injury directly to the knee cause damage to the ligaments, muscles or the surrounding tissues which may lead to the inflammation and cause the knee pain. Intensity and nature of pain depends upon the extent of the injury. Osteoarthritis: It is mainly referred as the inflammation of the knee joint caused due to ...