Obesity – a risk factor for postoperative complications in general surgery?

Elevated Postoperative Blood Glucose and Preoperative Hemoglobin A1C Are Associated with Increased Wound Complications Following Total Joint Arthroplasty

(2013) Louis S Stryker et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME

Impact of Obesity on Postoperative and Long-term Outcomes in a General Surgery Population: A Retrospective Cohort Study

(2013) Tabita M. Valentijn et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Nutritional risk index as a predictor of postoperative wound complications after gastrectomy

(2012) Cheong Ah Oh   WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Preoperative evaluation of the adult patient undergoing non-cardiac surgery

(2011) Stefan De Hert et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY

Operation time and body mass index are significant risk factors for surgical site infection in laparoscopic sigmoid resection: a multicenter study

(2011) Anita Kurmann et al.   SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES

Body-Mass Index and Mortality among 1.46 Million White Adults

(2010) Amy Berrington de Gonzalez et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

The Obesity Paradox

(2009) John T. Mullen et al.   ANNALS OF SURGERY

Impact of Body Mass Index on Perioperative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Major Intra-abdominal Cancer Surgery

(2008) John T. Mullen et al.   ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY

Obesity prevalence from a European perspective: a systematic review

(2008) Anne Berghöfer et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

The Obesity Paradox in Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease

(2008) Wael Galal et al.   CHEST

Accuracy of body mass index in diagnosing obesity in the adult general population

(2008) A Romero-Corral et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Effect of Obesity on Short- and Long-term Mortality Postcoronary Revascularization: A Meta-analysis

(2008) Antigone Oreopoulos et al.   Obesity