Optimal Management of Extreme Obesity and Severe Knee Osteoarthritis Feasibility Trial

Participation Requirements

• Sex:

  ALL

• Eligible Ages:

  18 to 65

Participation Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

severe knee osteoarthritis body-mass index of 45 to 60

Exclusion Criteria:

previous total replacement of the same knee, a need for bilateral total knee replacement, and knee pain during the previous week that the patient rated at higher than 60 mm on a 100-mm visual-analogue scale. Also,prior bariatric or complex foregut surgery, significant cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal, liver, gastrointestinal, psychiatric disorders, pregnancy, malignancy within last 5 years, anemia, coagulopathy requiring anti-coagulation therapy.