Perioperative complications in obese women vs normal-weight women who undergo vaginal surgery

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 98.e1-98.e8

  Chen, Chi Chiung Grace ^a   Collins, Sarah A ^a   Rodgers, Allison K ^a   Paraiso, Marie Fidela R ^a   Walters, Mark D ^a   Barber, Matthew D ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

obesity; perioperative complication; vaginal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CELLULITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTESTINE INJURY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OBESITY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS ABSCESS; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETER INJURY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINA; VAGINITIS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 34347226242     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.03.055     Document Type: Article

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