Association Between Obesity and Wound Infection Following Colorectal Surgery: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Association Between Obesity and Wound Infection Following Colorectal Surgery: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Background The aim of this meta-analysis is to comprehensively review and quantify the excess risk of surgical site infections (SSI) in obese patients following colorectal surgery. Methods A systematic electronic search of the MEDLINE and EMBASE databases identified studies that investigated the ass...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of gastrointestinal surgery 2017-10, Vol.21 (10), p.1700-1712
Hauptverfasser: Gurunathan, Usha, Ramsay, Simone, Mitrić, Goran, Way, Mandy, Wockner, Leesa, Myles, Paul
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Body Mass Index
Colon - surgery
Colorectal surgery
Gastroenterology
Gastrointestinal surgery
Humans
Hypothermia
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Meta-analysis
Obesity
Obesity - complications
Obesity - diagnosis
Odds Ratio
Overweight - complications
Overweight - diagnosis
Physicians
Rectum - surgery
Review Article
Risk Factors
Surgery
Surgical site infections
Surgical Wound Infection - etiology
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Zusammenfassung:Background The aim of this meta-analysis is to comprehensively review and quantify the excess risk of surgical site infections (SSI) in obese patients following colorectal surgery. Methods A systematic electronic search of the MEDLINE and EMBASE databases identified studies that investigated the association of obesity, defined by body mass index (BMI) with SSI among colorectal surgery patients. Results Twelve studies were included in the final analysis. Patients with BMI ≥30 kg/m 2 were at 1.5 times (pooled OR 1.51, 95% CI: 1.39, 1.63, p  
ISSN:1091-255X
1873-4626
DOI:10.1007/s11605-017-3494-y