The impact of obesity on outcomes in patients undergoing emergency cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis.
Alixandra WongSanjeev NaiduRaymond P LancashireTerence C ChuaPublished in: ANZ journal of surgery (2022)
Although obesity is associated with greater technical difficulty during surgery than non-obese patients, similar postoperative outcomes were achieved. Obesity should not be a contraindication for LC and can be safely performed in the emergency setting.
Keyphrases
- weight loss
- obese patients
- insulin resistance
- patients undergoing
- metabolic syndrome
- bariatric surgery
- high fat diet induced
- type diabetes
- weight gain
- emergency department
- public health
- roux en y gastric bypass
- healthcare
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery bypass
- mass spectrometry
- body mass index
- intensive care unit
- respiratory failure
- skeletal muscle
- coronary artery disease
- atrial fibrillation
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- acute coronary syndrome
- hepatitis b virus