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- Title
Perceptions, Relationship, and Management of Morbidly Obese Patients and the Role of Robotic Surgery.
- Authors
Azaïs, Henri; Moawad, Gaby; Uzan, Catherine; Canlorbe, Geoffroy; Belghiti, Jérémie
- Abstract
This statement heard after a robot-assisted hysterectomy for a patient with a high body mass index (BMI) reminds us, surgeons, how robotic surgery has changed our perception of obesity. Morbid obesity or BMI more than 40 kg/m SP 2 sp is responsible for a significant augmentation of perioperative and postoperative morbidity and remains the main challenge affecting medical or surgical management, but also the quality of the physician-patient relationship [[2]-[4]]. In 2018, Loaec et al. showed that for the management of endometrial cancer, patients with morbid obesity had a risk of under treatment (renunciation of a lymphadenectomy when indicated) in 40% of cases [[3]]. Robot-assisted surgery has specifically shown its benefits for the treatment of superobese patients, particularly in reducing the conversion rate to laparotomy [[4]], thus maximizing the benefits of minimally invasive surgery and reducing postoperative complications.
- Subjects
SURGICAL robots; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MEDICAL personnel; MINIMALLY invasive procedures; GYNECOLOGIC surgery; HEALTH care teams
- Publication
Obesity Surgery, 2019, Vol 29, Issue 12, p4062
- ISSN
0960-8923
- Publication type
Letter
- DOI
10.1007/s11695-019-04224-5