Extreme Obesity Adds More Risk in Hysterectomy

Kudos, fatsos.

Increasingly severe obesity drives up complication rates after hysterectomy, and outcomes continually worsen with rising body mass index, according to results from a study reported here.

As women's body mass index (BMI) increased from obese to morbidly obese to super obese, so did the likelihood of conversion from minimally invasive to open surgery, Lauren Winfree, BS, said at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology meeting. Among the 16% of patients slated for minimally invasive procedures who required conversion to open surgery, the need for conversion was associated with a significantly higher BMI (47.3 versus 40.6, P<0.001).

You found another way to make the rest of us pay more for your sick care.