Suitability of outpatient or ambulatory extended recovery cancer surgeries for obese patients.

ABSTRACT:

Study objective

An increasing number of overweight and obese patients are presenting for ambulatory surgical procedures and may be at risk of complications including longer surgeries, longer length of stay (LOS), and possible increase in unanticipated return visits or hospital admissions.

Design

Observational study using prospectively-collected data.

Setting

Freestanding and hospital-based ambulatory surgery facilities.

Patients and interventions

13,957 patients underwent ambulatory cancer surgery procedures at the Josie Robertson Surgery Center (JRSC) since opening in 2016, and 4591 patients eligible for ambulatory surgery at JRSC underwent surgery at the main hospital during the same timeframe.

Measurements

We assessed whether BMI was associated with i

SUBMITTER: Vertosick EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7404817 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature