Perioperative and acute care outcomes in morbidly obese patients with acetabular fractures at a Level 1 trauma center.
retrospective_cohort · Level III
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.jor.2014.04.016 and PMC identifier 4118567.
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Abstract
Controversy exists regarding obesity-related injury severity and clinical outcomes after orthopedic trauma. The purposes of this study were to expand our understanding of the effect of morbid obesity on perioperative and acute care outcomes after acetabular fracture. This was a retrospective review of patients with acetabular fracture after trauma. Non-morbidly obese (BMI < 35 kg/m(2)) and morbidly obese (BMI ≥ 35 kg/m(2); N = 81). Injury severity scores and Glasgow Coma Scale scores (GCS) were collected. Perioperative and acute care outcomes were positioning and operative time, extra fractures, estimated blood loss, complications, hospital charges, ventilator days, transfusions, length of stay (LOS) and discharge destination. Positioning and operative times were longer in morbidly obese patients (p < 0.05). No other differences existed between groups. Orthopedic trauma surgeons and care teams can expect similar acute care outcomes in morbidly obese and non-morbidly obese patients with acetabular fracture.
Anatomy
- pelvis
- hip