title: The influence of diabetes mellitus and obesity on upper limb arthroplasty outcomes: a systematic review protocol.
abstract: The objective of this review is to locate and synthesize the best available evidence investigating the impact of selected comorbidities on upper limb arthroplasty outcomes.The review question is: Are patients with diabetes mellitus or obesity at an increased risk of complications and/or poorer postoperative outcomes following total shoulder, reverse total shoulder and total elbow arthroplasty?
authors.affiliation: 1The International Musculoskeletal Research Institute Inc., Adelaide, Australia 2Department of Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia 3The Joanna Briggs Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
authors.forename: Annika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Theodoulou
authors.forename: Jeganath
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Krishnan
authors.forename: Edoardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aromataris
mesh_terms: D001178:Arthroplasty / Q000379:methods*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D000078202:Systematic Reviews as Topic; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000601:surgery*