Open AccessObese patients have similar short-term outcomes to non-obese in laparoscopic colorectal surgery
Author(s) -
Manish Chand
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-9366
DOI - 10.4240/wjgs.v7.i10.261
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , american society of anesthesiologists , surgery , laparoscopic surgery , colorectal surgery , obesity , laparoscopy , general surgery , abdominal surgery
To determine whether obese patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery within an enhanced recovery program had worse short-term outcomes.