Surgical site soft tissue thickness as a predictor of complications following arthroplasty

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World J Methodol. Jun 20, 2025; 15(2): 99959
Published online Jun 20, 2025. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v15.i2.99959

Surgical site soft tissue thickness as a predictor of complications following arthroplasty

Kevin A Wu, Faheem Pottayil, Crystal Jing, Ankit Choudhury, Albert T Anastasio

Kevin A Wu, Crystal Jing, Albert T Anastasio, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC 27710, United States

Faheem Pottayil, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, United States

Ankit Choudhury, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States

Author contributions: Wu KA conceptualized the study; Pottayil F, Jing C, and Choudhury A collected the data and created the tables; Wu KA, Pottayil F, Jing C, Choudhury A and Anastasio AT drafted, critically reviewed, and edited the manuscript. All authors approved the final version of the article for publication.

Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.

Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Corresponding author: Kevin A Wu, BSc, Researcher, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Hospital, 2301 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27710, United States.kevin.a.wu@duke.edu

Received: August 4, 2024
Revised: September 30, 2024
Accepted: October 22, 2024
Published online: June 20, 2025
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Core Tip: This review examines the relationship between preoperative soft-tissue thickness (STT) and surgical complications in total knee arthroplasty, total hip arthroplasty, reverse shoulder arthroplasty, and total ankle arthroplasty. By synthesizing findings from multiple studies, we highlight the significant correlation between increased STT and higher complication rates. Our review underscores the importance of thorough preoperative assessment of STT to enhance surgical planning and patient outcomes in various arthroplasty procedures.