Key result
Obesity complicates post-operative rehabilitation, making recovery longer and requiring adequate preparation and awareness of potential difficulties for safe recovery.
Adequate preparation and awareness of potential difficulties are essential for effective post-operative rehabilitation in obese and overweight patients.
May require enhanced pre-operative preparation in obese patients; Level 5 evidence leaves open optimal strategies pending prospective trials.
Obesity is an independent risk factor for a number of diseases. Inadequate weight makes post-operative rehabilitation more difficult. It is not uncommon that at the post-operative stage many abnormalities, often ignored by the patient, are discovered. For this reason, the recovery takes longer and its results are not always satisfactory for patients and physicians. Adequate preparation of obese patients for the procedure and awareness of potential difficulties that may arise during post-operative rehabilitation are essential requisites for effective cooperation with the patient and safe recovery. The paper describes the most frequent problems experienced by obese patients during rehabilitation.
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Sutkowska et al. (2014) conducted a review in Obesity and post-operative rehabilitation. Post-operative rehabilitation in obese patients was evaluated. Obesity complicates post-operative rehabilitation, making recovery longer and requiring adequate preparation and awareness of potential difficulties for safe recovery.
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