Outcomes of inflammatory bowel disease surgery in obese versus non-obese patients: a meta-analysis.
Georgina HicksA AbdulaalA A P SlesserY MohsenPublished in: Techniques in coloproctology (2019)
Obesity is associated with significantly worse outcomes following IBD-specific surgery, including longer operative times, greater blood loss, longer length of stay, higher wound infection rates, and higher total postoperative complication rates. Clinicians should be mindful of these increased risks when counselling patients and consider weight reduction strategies where possible.
Keyphrases
- obese patients
- weight loss
- bariatric surgery
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery bypass
- end stage renal disease
- metabolic syndrome
- roux en y gastric bypass
- surgical site infection
- gastric bypass
- type diabetes
- ejection fraction
- weight gain
- chronic kidney disease
- adipose tissue
- body mass index
- insulin resistance
- peritoneal dialysis
- patients undergoing
- physical activity
- prognostic factors
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery disease
- skeletal muscle
- hepatitis c virus
- wound healing
- men who have sex with men
- hiv testing