Association Between Obesity and Wound Infection Following Colorectal Surgery: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Usha GurunathanSimone RamsayGoran MitrićMandy WayLeesa WocknerPaul Myles

Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2017)

Overweight and obese patients carry at least 20% and 50% higher odds of developing SSI after colorectal surgery compared to normal weight patients, respectively.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
weight loss
prognostic factors
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
peritoneal dialysis
physical activity
adipose tissue
weight gain