ArticleSurgery today2014
Effects of obesity on the outcome of laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A meta-analysis of the effect of different body mass index on surgical wound infection after colorectal surgery.International wound journal · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of body mass index on surgical site wound infection, mortality, and postoperative hospital stay in subjects undergoing possibly curative surgery for colorectal cancer: A meta-analysis.International wound journal · 2023Pooled it
- Association Between Obesity and Wound Infection Following Colorectal Surgery: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2017Pooled it
- Laparoscopic colorectal cancer resections in the obese: a systematic review.Surgical endoscopy · 2017Pooled it
- Impact of the learning curve on the outcomes of robotic surgery in obese patients with rectal cancer.Surgery today · 2026Article
- Impact of body mass index as a continuous variable on short- and long-term outcomes in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery for colon cancer.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2025Article
- Body composition index obtained by using a bioelectrical impedance analysis device can be a predictor of prolonged operative time in patients undergoing minimally invasive colorectal surgery.Annals of coloproctology · 2023Article
- Relationship between body mass index and short-term postoperative prognosis in patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery.World journal of clinical cases · 2023Article
- Risk factors and predictors of 30-day complications and conversion to open surgery after repeat ileocolic resection of Crohn's disease.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
- A comparison of extracorporeal side to side or end to side anastomosis following a laparoscopic right hemicolectomy for colon cancer.ANZ journal of surgery · 2022Article
- Obesity as a surgical risk factor.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2018Review
- Laparoscopic versus open surgery for obese patients with rectal cancer: a retrospective cohort study.Surgery today · 2017Article
- Laparoscopic liver resection in obese patients.World journal of surgery · 2015Article
- Comparison of outcomes after single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy in relation to patient body mass index.JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic SurgeonsArticle
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Abstract
purposeThis study evaluated the feasibility and safety of laparoscopic colorectal surgery for cancer in obese patients based on the short-term outcomes.
methodsWe conducted a retrospective analysis of 561 patients with colorectal cancer treated from April 2007 to October 2010. The surgical outcomes were compared between non-obese (BMI <25 kg/m(2)) and obese (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m(2)) patients.
resultsAll of the enrolled patients were classified as non-obese (n = 421) or obese (n = 140). The obese group had a significantly higher proportion of male patients (72.1 vs. 57.0 %; P = 0.002), a higher incidence of left colon cancer (49.3 vs. 36.8 %; P = 0.033), and more systematic comorbidities (P < 0.001) than did the non-obese group. The length of the surgery was significantly longer in obese than in non-obese patients (221 vs. 207 min; P = 0.025). There was no significant difference in the overall incidence of postoperative complications between the two groups; however, surgical wound infections were more common in obese patients (12.1 vs. 5.2 %; P = 0.005). Obesity was not a significant-independent risk factor for total postoperative complications (odds ratio 1.330; P = 0.289).
conclusionLaparoscopic colorectal surgery is technically feasible and safe for obese patients and provides all the benefits of a minimally invasive approach.
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