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