Bone Abstracts

Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to characterize the extent of sarcopenia among orthopaedic surgery patients.Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study identified 222 patients immediately after or before an orthopaedic surgery including elective total hip and knee arthroplasty and hip fracture surgery at a single institution. 364 patients from an outpatient department who did not have an orthopaedic surgery were also examined as a con...