A Critical Analysis of Perioperative Outcomes in Morbidly Obese Patients Following Renal Mass Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate if body mass index (BMI) ≥ 40 is associated with risk of postoperative complications, receipt of perioperative blood transfusion (PBT), length of hospital stay (LOS), perioperative death, or hospital readmission rate following renal mass surgery.

Materials and methods

After Institutional Review Board approval, comprehensive information was collected for patients treated with surgery for renal mass from 2000 to 2015 at one institution. Univariable and multivariable analyses were used to evaluate the association of BMI ≥ 40 among other putative risk factors for perioperative outcomes.

Results

A total of 1048 patients were treated surgically, including 115 (11%) with BMI > 40. Minimally invasive and open surgical approaches were used for 480 (45.8%)

SUBMITTER: Grimes MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6919966 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature