Preoperative Gait Speed is Associated with Increased Length of Stay after Bariatric Surgery

Background: Gait speed (GS) has been used to predict patient's physical performance, as well as morbidity and mortality. It is infrequently used in bariatric surgery, but has the potential to predict postoperative complications as it may be used as a marker of preoperative frailty. We hypothesized that patients with a slow gait speed (
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research