Differences in Postoperative Morbidity among Obese Patients Undergoing Abdominal Versus Laparoscopic Hysterectomy for Benign Indications

To analyze the interaction between the route of hysterectomy for benign disease and postoperative morbidity among patients stratified by body mass index (BMI) and to test for a dose-dependent relationship between obesity severity and postoperative morbidity.

Source: The Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology - May 1, 2019 Category: OBGYN Authors: Paul Tyan, Richard Amdur, Margaret Berrigan, Hannah Robinson, Andrew Sparks, Alex Gu, Chapman Wei, Jordan Klebanoff, Gaby Moawad Tags: Original Article Source Type: research