Preoperative Assessment of Patients Undergoing Elective Gastrointestinal Surgery: Does Body Mass Index Matter?

Sivesh Kathir KamarajahMustafa SowidaAmirul AdlanBehrad BarmayehvarChristina ReihillParvez Ellahee

Published in: Journal of obesity (2017)

Surgery grade was found to be an independent risk factor of complication rates. Use of BMI as an independent factor for preassessment level is not justified from our cohort.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
body mass index
minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
risk factors
weight gain
surgical site infection
coronary artery disease
acute coronary syndrome