Key result
Obesity linked to ~67% longer surgery duration and higher post-operative pain scores.
Why the study?
This study aims to determine whether obesity impacts surgical outcomes among patients undergoing surgery at the Surgery Unit in a tertiary care hospital.
Does obesity worsen surgical outcomes in patients undergoing surgery?
Observational (n=512)
No
Does obesity worsen surgical outcomes in patients undergoing surgery?
Absolute Event Rate: 2% vs 1.2%
p-value: p=0.027
Obesity is associated with worse surgical outcomes, including longer surgery duration, higher readmission rates, and increased post-operative pain.
Obesity was associated with longer surgery and higher pain; leaves open whether targeted interventions improve outcomes.
AIM: This study aims to determine whether obesity impacts surgical outcomes among patients undergoing surgery at the Surgery Unit in a tertiary care hospital. METHODS: was classified as obese. RESULTS: The study showed that there is a considerable increase in the duration of surgery in obese when compared to non-obese. 30 days readmission rate was higher among obese in all the subsets. We find that in the subset of non-infective conditions, post operative pain mean ranking score is greater among obese (128.8 vs 109.6). CONCLUSIONS: In conclusion, the impact of obesity resulted in increased duration of surgery and post-operative pain. The association between obesity and surgical outcome shows the importance to further research to find a way to prevention of some of the complications of surgery that could occur in patients with high BMI.
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Karanth et al. (2020) conducted an observational in Patients undergoing surgery (n=512). Obesity (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2) vs. Non-obese (BMI ≤ 24.9 kg/m2) was evaluated on Duration of surgery (hours) (p=0.027). Obesity significantly increased the mean duration of surgery (2.0 vs 1.2 hours) and post-operative pain scores compared to non-obese patients.
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