Concepedia

Is obesity a high-risk factor for laparoscopic colorectal surgery?

Alon J. Pikarsky, Yoshihisa Saida, T. Yamaguchi, Sandra Santarrufina Martínez, W. Chen, Eric G. Weiss, Juan J. Nogueras, Steven D. Wexner

Surgical Endoscopy · 2002 · 262 citations · 28 references

Concepts

MedicinePerioperative MedicineSurgeryGastroenterologyGeneral SurgeryColorectal CancerColorectal SurgeryLaparoscopic SurgeryPreoperative Risk AssessmentSurgical ComplicationsWeight ManagementLaparoscopic Colorectal SurgeryObesity As A Selection CriterionObesity-associated Risk AssessmentObesity-related Surgical RiskRisk Factor Identification

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Robert J. Kuczmarski · JAMA · 1994 · 2.4K citations

Public Health, Nutrition, Public Health Nutrition +10

A Prospective Analysis of 1518 Laparoscopic Cholecystectomies

New England Journal of Medicine · 1991 · 1.4K citations · Full text

Medicine, Surgery, Gastroenterology +11

Indices of obesity derived from body weight and height.

T Khosla, C. R. Lowe · Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health · 1967 · 553 citations · Full text

Public Health, Biostatistics, Clinical Epidemiology +10

Factors influencing wound dehiscence

Jon R. Cohen, Houston Johnson · The American Journal of Surgery · 1992 · 312 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Dermatology, Surgery +11

Laparoscopic colorectal surgery

Feran Agachan, Jae Sik Joo, Marc E. Sher et al. · Surgical Endoscopy · 1997 · 230 citations