Type 2 diabetes is not associated with excess risk of periprosthetic joint infection in obese patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty
Background: Obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) are considered risk factors for complications following total hip arthroplasty (THA). How these risk factors separately or in combination influence the risk of reoperation due to periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) or all-cause reoperation is not fully known. We sought to investigate the 2-year risk of reoperation following THA due to osteoarthritis
