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Is hip/knee replacement or ankle surgery cost effective on people chronically overweight?

Asked by ibstubro (18804points) March 29th, 2015

Obese seems unkind?

I know a couple of very large people that are undergoing knee/hip replacement currently. I have to wonder if it wouldn’t be better to help them manage the weight, first, then replace as needed?

At the least, shouldn’t it be a combined effort?

Seems to me that hip/knee replacement has become a cash cow for doctors, given by the Baby Boomer’s.

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