There's a difference between saying "You're fat, so we won't operate on you." versus "The pain that you hope to fix will become worse if we perform surgery on y

There's a difference between saying "You're fat, so we won't operate on you." versus "The pain that you hope to fix will become worse if we perform surgery on you." Surgeries that involve weight-bearing joints and bones are particularly sensitive to the mass of the patient (like the hip and knee surgeons surveyed). For heavier patients, the healing time is longer and the risk of additional pain after surgery is much much higher.