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: Tags: Exp Clin Transplant Source Type: research