Obesity and retropubic surgery for stress incontinence: Is there really an increased risk of intraoperative complications?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1794-1798

  Rogers, R G ^a,b   Lebkuchner U ^b   Kammerer Doak, D N ^b   Thompson, P K ^c   Walters, M D ^d   Nygaard, I E ^e  

^a Division of Urogynecology

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Obesity; Stress urinary incontinence; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CATHETER; CATHETERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPUBIC SURGERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33751208348     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.07.012     Document Type: Article

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