2020
Underweight patients are at just as much risk as super morbidly obese patients when undergoing anterior cervical spine surgery
Ottesen TD, Malpani R, Galivanche AR, Zogg CK, Varthi AG, Grauer JN. Underweight patients are at just as much risk as super morbidly obese patients when undergoing anterior cervical spine surgery. The Spine Journal 2020, 20: 1085-1095. PMID: 32194246, PMCID: PMC7380546, DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2020.03.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnterior cervical spine surgeryBody mass indexCervical spine surgeryNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseSuper morbidly obese patientsQuality Improvement Program databaseWorld Health Organization categoriesMorbidly obese patientsImprovement Program databaseObese patientsAdverse eventsAdverse outcomesSpine surgeryUnderweight patientsPostoperative infectionProgram databaseSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseMultivariate analysisAnterior cervical spine proceduresOverweight/obese categoriesThirty-day adverse eventsHigher body mass indexLower body mass indexAdverse outcome categoriesNormal BMI patients
2015
Influence of body mass index on outcomes after major resection for cancer
Zogg CK, Mungo B, Lidor AO, Stem M, Diaz A, Haider AH, Molena D. Influence of body mass index on outcomes after major resection for cancer. Surgery 2015, 158: 472-485. PMID: 26008961, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2015.02.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexNormal body mass indexMajor resectionObese patientsMass indexWorse outcomesOdds of morbidityMorbidly obese patientsRisk-adjusted outcomesDuration of stayWorld Health OrganizationBMI cohortsObese IIObese IOverall morbidityPerioperative riskUnderweight patientsPancreatectomy patientsLung surgeryACS-NSQIPOperative timeCancer patientsEvidence-based assessmentOncologic standardsInclusion criteriaDoes obesity affect the outcomes of pulmonary resections for lung cancer? A National Surgical Quality Improvement Program analysis
Mungo B, Zogg CK, Hooker CM, Yang SC, Battafarano RJ, Brock MV, Molena D. Does obesity affect the outcomes of pulmonary resections for lung cancer? A National Surgical Quality Improvement Program analysis. Surgery 2015, 157: 792-800. PMID: 25666333, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2014.10.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBody Mass IndexDatabases, FactualFemaleHumansLength of StayLogistic ModelsLung NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedObesityOperative TimePneumonectomyPostoperative ComplicationsQuality ImprovementRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesYoung AdultConceptsLength of stayBody mass indexRisk-adjusted LOSNormal weight patientsObese patientsPulmonary resectionLung cancerWeight patientsUnderweight patientsOperative timeNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program analysisNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseNormal body mass indexWorld Health Organization classificationPrevious cardiac surgeryImprovement Program databaseGreater operative timeMultivariable logistic regressionMajor health issuePreoperative comorbiditiesOverall morbidityPostoperative complicationsLung resectionNSQIP database