Panniculectomy Outcomes by Body Mass Index: an Analysis of 12,732 Cases
Cadwell J, Ahsanuddin S, Ayyala H, Ignatiuk A. Panniculectomy Outcomes by Body Mass Index: an Analysis of 12,732 Cases. Obesity Surgery 2021, 31: 3660-3666. PMID: 34106398, PMCID: PMC8187133, DOI: 10.1007/s11695-021-05468-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexBody mass index rangePostoperative complicationsMass indexNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseAssociated with more postoperative complicationsMultivariate analysisQuality Improvement Program databaseNon-overweight patientsHigher body mass indexWound healing complicationsCalculate body mass indexRate of complicationsHigh BMI groupIncreasing rates of obesityPost-surgical complicationsDose-dependent mannerRates of obesityClass 3Healing complicationsPerioperative factorsWound complicationsBMI groupBariatric surgeryPanniculectomy