Strict BMI cutoffs for total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) may unintentionally restrict who gets surgery.  A recent  study  of 1,215 TAA patients from the   ACS-NSQIP database (2011–2020) found that applying common BMI eligibility cutoffs (<50, <45, <40, <35) disproportionately affected certain racial, ethnic, sex, and age groups.  What they found The analysis revealed notable disparities in eligibility across these demographic groups: The tighter the BMI cutoff, the bigger the di