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Obesity and Work in Abdominal Surgery
Journal of the American College of SurgeonsBACKGROUND: Recent analyses have shown that Modifier 22 does not reimburse surgeons for the increased work required to care for the most complex patients. New strategies are needed to identify patients who require additional work to create a financial system that ensures equitable access.
Christopher P, Childers +3 more
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Overall obesity and abdominal obesity and the risk of metabolic abnormalities
Irish Journal of Medical Science, 2004Obesity is a risk factor for multiple chronic diseases.To determine the relationship between overall or abdominal obesity and various metabolic abnormalities.The medical records of participants undergoing examination from January 2000 to December 2002 were analysed.
S W, Lai, K C, Ng
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The Effect of Obesity on Total Abdominal Hysterectomy
Journal of Women's Health, 2010To compare perioperative outcomes of total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH) between obese and nonobese women.The medical charts of all women who underwent TAH for benign gynecological conditions at Temple University Hospital between 1997 and 2002 were reviewed. We excluded those who had concomitant surgery except for adnexal removal.
Oz, Harmanli +5 more
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The role of antidepressants in the treatment of abdominal obesity
Medical Hypotheses, 2000The pathophysiology of abdominal obesity is unclear and controversial. Recent evidence now suggests that inadequate cortisol secretion is associated with abnormalities in glucose, insulin and lipid metabolism, including hypertension, bringing the importance of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in the pathogenesis of abdominal obesity to the
R, Rosmond, P, Björntorp
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Intra‐abdominal fat in obese children
Pediatrics International, 1995AbstractWe investigated the distribution of abdominal fat accumulation in obese children to know whether a clustering of coronary risk factors was demonstrated in visceral fat obesity as reported in adults. The relative indicator of intra‐abdominal fat accumulation was obtained from computed tomography scans at the umbilicus level in 36 obese subjects (
F, Iwata +5 more
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Abdominal wall cellulitis in the morbidly obese
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2005Currently, almost two-thirds of the US population is either overweight or obese. In addition to non-infectious complications, obesity predisposes to infections, including lower extremity cellulitis. Although cases of abdominal wall cellulitis in the morbidly obese occur, to date there has been no formal address of this syndrome in the literature.
Bjorg, Thorsteinsdottir +2 more
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Casopis lekaru ceskych, 2009
The examination of fat tissue distribution has considerably refined the relationship between obesity and the overall and cardiovascular mortality. The identification of the abdominal (central) obesity by the waist circumference measurement is easy accessible and should become the obligatory part of any physical examination.
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The examination of fat tissue distribution has considerably refined the relationship between obesity and the overall and cardiovascular mortality. The identification of the abdominal (central) obesity by the waist circumference measurement is easy accessible and should become the obligatory part of any physical examination.
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New method of lipectomy for abdominal obesity
The American Journal of Surgery, 1950I WOULD like to emphasize that my new method for surgical treatment of abdomina1 obesity must not be looked upon as one that comes to the aid of the woman who is unabIe through Iaziness or lack of determination to restrict her diet. Such persons are not my main concern. They are difficult patients who seek the surgeon’s heIp only because of vanity.
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[Abdominal obesity and diabetes].
Giornale italiano di cardiologia (2006), 2008It has been known for about 50 years that different obesity phenotypes do exist. Nonetheless, how abdominal, namely visceral, obesity is burdened by metabolic and cardiovascular diseases has been established only in recent years. The association between abdominal obesity and diabetes, which is well documented, has been mainly explained by the lower ...
Enzo, Bonora +2 more
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Abdominal obesity in India: analysis of the National Family Health Survey-5 (2019–2021) data
The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia, 2023Monika Chaudhary
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