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Obesity lengthens time in OR and raises complication risk

By UW Medicine  
   February 28, 2025

In a national study of 10 common abdominal surgeries, operations on patients who were overweight or obese tended to take longer as the patient's weight increased, as did the chances that they would develop serious complications.

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