Correlation Between Body Mass Index and Postoperative Outcomes Following Elective General Surgical Procedures
Keywords:
Body mass index; Obesity; Elective surgery; General surgery; Surgical site infection; Postoperative complications; Nutritional status; Hospital stay.Abstract
Introduction:-Body mass index (BMI) is an anthropometricindex extensively used to classify the nutritionalstatus and obesity. Both undernutrition andobesity have been associated with poor surgicaloutcomes, due to impaired wound healing, altered
immune function, increased technical difficultyduringsurgery,and multiple metaboliccomorbidities. Obesity has been associated withhigher rates of postoperative complications
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2026-05-20
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Dr. Asif, Dr. Ramesh C Sagar, Dr. Aishwarya Kulkarni. (2026). Correlation Between Body Mass Index and Postoperative Outcomes Following Elective General Surgical Procedures . International Journal of Pharmacy Research & Technology (IJPRT), 16(1), 5146–5160. Retrieved from https://ijprt.org/index.php/pub/article/view/2579
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