This review outlines important factors in preoperative assessment and intraoperative anaesthetic techniques for obese patients.
May inform perioperative planning for obese patients; leaves open the need for prospective validation of techniques.
With an increasing number of obese patients requiring surgery, this article outlines important factors in preoperative assessment, the impact obesity has upon intraoperative anaesthetic technique and which surgeries are currently recommended for weight loss.
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