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To compare the rates of postoperative complications in obese and nonobese patients following elbow, forearm, and hand surgeries.This case-control study examined 436 patients whose body mass index (BMI) was over 35 and who underwent hand, wrist, forearm, or elbow surgery between 2009 and 2013. Controls were patients (n = 433) with a BMI less than 30 who had similar surgeries over the same period, and...