Obesity

New obesity research from University of Pittsburgh discussed

Published in Women's Health Weekly, January 24th, 2008

"Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair (LVHR) for morbidly obese patients with a body mass index (BMI) exceeding 35 kg/m(2) has not been well investigated. Hernia recurrence was evaluated by surveillance computed tomography," scientists writing in the journal Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques report.

"A p value less than 0.05 was considered significant. Between 2003 and 2006, LVHR was attempted for 27 patients with a BMI exceeding 35 kg/m(2). There was one conversion to open surgery (3.7%). The 27 patients included 8 men (29.6%) and 19 women (70.4%) with a mean age of 48 years (range, 33-73 years). The mean BMI was 46.9 kg/m(2) (range, 35-70...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-01-24)

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