Identifying Patients at High Risk of Having Pulmonary Dysfunction Before Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery and Its Impact on Postoperative Pulmonary Complications
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Mostafa Shalaby; Ahmed Fadaly; Hosam Ghazy Elbanna; Ahmed AbdelMawla; Mohamed Anwar Abdel-Razik; Mohamed El-Gamal; Sameh Hany Emile; Ayman Elshobaky
- Source
- Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. 29:1456-1461
- Subject
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Bariatric Surgery
Pulmonary Dysfunction
Risk Assessment
Body Mass Index
Pulmonary function testing
Morbid obesity
Young Adult
Postoperative Complications
Sex Factors
Risk Factors
Humans
Medicine
Postoperative Period
Lung
Retrospective Studies
High risk patients
business.industry
Age Factors
Middle Aged
Obesity, Morbid
Respiratory Function Tests
Surgery
Female
Laparoscopy
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 1557-9034
1092-6429
Background: Morbid obesity is associated with variable degrees of pulmonary dysfunction that may predispose to postoperative complications. This study aimed to identify high risk patients ...