Exploring the role of obesity and overweight in predicting postoperative outcome of abdominal surgery in a sub-Saharan African setting: a prospective cohort study

Abstract Objective Current literature on the role of excess weight in predicting surgical outcome is controversial. In sub-Saharan Africa, there is extreme paucity of data regarding this issue in spite of the increasing rates of obesity and overweight in the region. This prospective cohort study, ca...

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Main Authors: Benjamin Momo Kadia, Alain Chichom-Mefire, Gregory Edie Halle-Ekane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
BMI
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-018-3853-0