Detailed perioperative risk among patients with extreme obesity undergoing nonbariatric general surgery

Volume: 168, Issue: 3, Pages: 462 - 470
Published: Sep 1, 2020
Abstract
Background The obesity epidemic has spread rapidly across the United States. Although overweight and obese patients have a paradoxically lower risk for postoperative morbidity and mortality, the risks associated with extreme classes of obesity (morbid obesity, super obesity, and super-super obesity) have not been described. Methods We queried the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database from 2012 to 2016. Of 1,815,251 surgical...
Paper Details
Title
Detailed perioperative risk among patients with extreme obesity undergoing nonbariatric general surgery
Published Date
Sep 1, 2020
Journal
Volume
168
Issue
3
Pages
462 - 470
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