Hip replacement surgery is more common in the obese population, because obese women and men are more likely to suffer from hip osteoarthritis (wearing away or degeneration of the cartilage in the hip's ball and socket structure).Despite what the "health at any size" movement insists, obesity is a major hardship on the body and causes more complications after surgeries, than in leaner patients, and hip replacement is no exception to this rule.However, just how obesity affects the outcome or results of hip replacement surgery in women, is not the same as in men, says research from Geneva University Hospital in Geneva, Switzerland. The study involved 2,495 hip replacements over a 10-year period, of which 589 were on obese patients.The following elements were evaluated: dislocation, infection,...