Authors
EuroSurg Collaborative, R Blanco‐Colino, S Lee, SK Kamarajah, P Vasko, SZ Kuiper, V Farina, SJ Chapman, TM Drake, L Gavagna, S Pasquali, F Pata, G Pellino, M de la Rosa‐Estadella, ME Stellingwerf, RCH Stijns, A Borrellas, D Golding, M Ngaage, RR Van Tol, J de Groof, H de Wilt, WA Bemelman, L McNamee, E Espin‐Basany, B Emre Baki, IE Gecim, O Can Tatar, S Bach, A Bhangu, K Bresges, J Burke, HA Claireaux, N Fearnhead, JE Fitzgerald, S Gallagher, JC Glasbey, B Gundogan, EM Harrison, J Hernon, C Khatri, CY Kong, A Lyons, M Mohan, D Morton, TD Pinkney, A Arezzo, C Foppa, M Morino, M Rubbini, F Selvaggi, B Sensi, G Sica, J Orhalmi, P Naccari, A Sgrò, BHCM Burger, DA Fares, R Spijkerman, TR van Elst, R Wiersema, LPS Stassen, R Rodriguez Garcia, BB Özkan, AI Tavuz, ZS Demirci, BE Baki, PJ Choi, H O'Sullivan, M Salman, A Simioni, F Colombo, L Turati, FE Cazzola, G Gallo, G Perrotta, M Papandrea, PM Naccari, N Menduni, E Rossi, N Chetta, F Romeo, F Giordano, B Randisi, G Curletti, J Kuiper, A Costa, A Marcos Rodrigo, A Sanchez, A Varo Muñoz, CE Martinez Rios, D Aliseda‐Jover, D Fernandez Nieto, I Alvarez Reyes, LM Dominguez Rodriguez, MI Hernandez Ros, O Esteban Sinovas, P Bartrina Soler, P Villarejo Campos, S Laguna Román, S Fontanet‐Soler, J Raurich‐Leandro, V Dominguez‐Prieto, JJ Segura‐Sampedro, F Alconchel‐Gago, C Salazar‐García, AE Gezen, A Sahin, H Atasoy, B Yuksek, E Arslan, BB Ozmen, AY Sen, HI Erol, E Ucar, MK Aktas, SS Yurdaor, S Mermer, U Seyhan, V Tosun, Y Gunaydin, ZB Ekinci, Z Yazkan, J Choi, TSL Yeoh, CS Jones, S Venturini, MI Saat, J Loo, G Pike, SC Davies, R Kabariti, J Olivier, M Hurný, R Žebrák, A Machačová, M Schulzová, P Smolák, M Široká, H Palyzová, J Jaroš, T Dušek, B Šimáčková, M Bartoš, O Sotona, M Pös, D Karásek, P Higgins, S Hacking, E Arora
Publication date
2018/8
Journal
Colorectal Disease
Volume
20
Issue
8
Pages
O215-O225
Description
Aim
Previous studies reported conflicting evidence on the effects of obesity on outcomes after gastrointestinal surgery. The aims of this study were to explore the relationship of obesity with major postoperative complications in an international cohort and to present a meta‐analysis of all available prospective data.
Methods
This prospective, multicentre study included adults undergoing both elective and emergency gastrointestinal resection, reversal of stoma or formation of stoma. The primary end‐point was 30‐day major complications (Clavien–Dindo Grades III–V). A systematic search was undertaken for studies assessing the relationship between obesity and major complications after gastrointestinal surgery. Individual patient meta‐analysis was used to analyse pooled results.
Results
This study included 2519 patients across 127 centres, of whom 560 (22.2%) were obese. Unadjusted major complication rates …
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