Postoperative Outcome of Abdominal Surgery in Obese Patients

Autor: Md. Arif Anam, Salimullah Akand, Mohammad Mamunur Rashid, Md. Rabiul Islam, Kartick Chandra Halder, Abu Hassanat Mostafa Zamal, Md. Enamul Kabir
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences. 10:1234-1240
ISSN: 2320-6691
2347-954X
DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2022.v10i08.011
Popis: Introduction: Obesity is a major health problem in western society with rapidly increasing prevalence in most countries. The healthcare burden of obesity is far reaching but many of the consequences are yet to be fully understood. While there is a perception that obesity negatively impacts on outcomes following abdominal surgery there is conflicting evidence for this. Aims: To identify the complications of post-operative obese patients. Methods: Between 1st September, 2016 and 28th February, 2017, patients undergoing GIT, Hepatobilliary and Urological surgery at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital in Bogura, Bangladesh were enrolled. Following informed consent, BMI was assessed. High risk patients and complications were identified according to established criteria. Patients were grouped according to BMI categories as Normal, overweight, Obese grade-I and Obese grade-II. A Cost analysis was performed on all patients treated at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital using a SQL database. The cost of treatment was analysed with respect to the same BMI catagories. Results: A literature review found evidence of increased risk of wound infection, anastomotic leak, and pulmonary and thrombo-embolic risk. There was mixed evidence or no evidence that obesity increases cardiac risk, sepsis, overall morbidity and mortality or overall cost. A cohort of 100 patients was analysed. Diabetes was more common with increased BMI (p=0.017). Other categories of operative risk were not different. There was no difference in overall morbidity (p=0.903). Obese patients were more expensive than normal weight patients ($9587 versus $5,786(p
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