CORR Insights®: Child-Pugh Class B or C Liver Disease Increases the Risk of Early Mortality in Patients With Hepatitis C Undergoing Elective Total Joint Arthroplasty Regardless of Treatment Status.

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1Associate Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cleveland, OH, USA G. D. Wera, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Avon Hospital, Avon, OH 44106, USA, Email: [email protected] This CORR Insights® is a commentary on the article “Child-Pugh Class B or C Liver Disease Increases the Risk of Early Mortality in Patients With Hepatitis C Undergoing Elective Total Joint Arthroplasty Regardless of Treatment Status” by Cichos and colleagues available at: DOI: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000002631. The author certifies that there are no funding or commercial associations (consultancies, stock ownership, equity interest, patent/licensing arrangements, etc.) that might pose a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted article related to the author or any immediate family members. All ICMJE Conflict of Interest Forms for authors and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® editors and board members are on file with the publication and can be viewed on request. The opinions expressed are those of the writer, and do not reflect the opinion or policy of CORR® or The Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons®.