Increased prevalence of obesity and obesity-related postoperative complications in male meningioma patients

Clin Neurosurg. 2007:54:236-40.

Authors

Manish K Aghi¹, Emad N Eskandar, Bob S Carter, William T Curry Jr, Fred G Barker 2nd

Affiliation

¹ Neurosurgical Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

PMID: 18504925

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Body Mass Index
Brain Neoplasms / epidemiology
Brain Neoplasms / surgery
Craniotomy
Cross-Sectional Studies
Fever / epidemiology
Fever / etiology
Glioma / epidemiology
Glioma / surgery
Humans
Intracranial Aneurysm / epidemiology
Intracranial Aneurysm / surgery
Length of Stay / statistics & numerical data
Male
Meningeal Neoplasms / epidemiology
Meningeal Neoplasms / surgery*
Meningioma / epidemiology
Meningioma / surgery*
Middle Aged
Obesity / complications*
Obesity / epidemiology*
Patient Readmission / statistics & numerical data
Postoperative Complications / epidemiology*
Postoperative Complications / etiology
Pulmonary Embolism / epidemiology
Pulmonary Embolism / etiology
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Surgical Wound Infection / epidemiology
Surgical Wound Infection / etiology
Venous Thrombosis / epidemiology
Venous Thrombosis / etiology