Effect of obesity on perioperative outcomes following gastrointestinal surgery: meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity can pose perioperative challenges related to obesity-associated co-morbidities and technical factors. However, the true impact of obesity on postoperative outcomes is not well established and reports are conflicting. The aim was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to explore the effect of obesity on perioperative outcomes for general surgery procedures in distinct obesity subtypes.

Methods

A systematic review was performed for studies reporting postoperative outcomes in relation to BMI in upper gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary and colorectal based on an electronic search using the Cochrane Library, Science Direct, PubMed and Embase up to January 2022. The primary outcome was the incidence of 30-day postoperative mortality among patients with ob

SUBMITTER: Cullinane C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10332403 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature