A phase II trial of a surgical protocol to decrease the incidence of wound complications in obese gynecologic oncology patients

OBJECTIVES: Obese women have a high incidence of wound separation after gynecologic surgery. We explored the effect of a prospective care pathway on the incidence of wound complications. METHODS: Women with a body mass index (BMI)≥30kg/m2 undergoing a gynecologic procedure by a gynecologic oncologis...

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Main Authors: Novetsky, Akiva P., Zighelboim, Israel, Guntupalli, Saketh R., Ioffe, Yevgeniya J.M., Kizer, Nora T., Hagemann, Andrea R., Powell, Matthew A., Thaker, Premal H., Mutch, David G., Massad, L. Stewart
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4157586/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24952366
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygyno.2014.06.012
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