Renal Transplant in Obese Patients and Impact of Weight Loss Before Surgery on Surgical and Medical Outcomes: A Single-Center Cohort Study.
CONCLUSIONS: In our study, weight loss before transplant surgery in obese patients had no influence on surgical outcomes but was associated with a higher mortality rate. A prospective assessment of the impact of weight loss before surgery is needed to establish its usefulness.
PMID: 30602363 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Experimental and Clinical Transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Heng AE, Aniort J, Pereira B, Fervenza F, Boirie Y, Prieto M Tags: Exp Clin Transplant Source Type: research
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