Rhabdomyolysis of gluteal muscles leading to renal failure: A potentially fatal complication of surgery in the morbidly obese

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 302-305

  Bostanjian, David ^a   Anthone, Gary J ^a   Hamoui, Nahid ^a   Crookes, Peter F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Complication; Gluteal muscle; Morbid obesity; Myonecrosis; Renal failure; Rhabdomyolysis

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; MANNITOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; BODY POSITION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSH TRAUMA; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE NECROSIS; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

BODY MASS INDEX; CREATINE KINASE; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PRESSURE ULCER; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

EID: 0037617603     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089203764467261     Document Type: Article

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