Obesity Survival and Mortality

Risks of general elective surgery not increased for obese patients

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, July 28th, 2003

by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Other than a slightly increased risk of infection after open surgery, general elective surgery is no riskier for obese patients than it is for lean patients, according to a report published in the journal Lancet.

"Obese patients are generally believed to be at a higher risk for surgery than those who are not obese although convincing data are lacking," said Daniel Dindo and colleagues at University Hospital Zurich in Switzerland.

The investigators conducted a prospective study involving 6336 patients (5528 nonobese and 808 obese) who underwent elective surgery. Patients excluded from the...

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