Obese patients at much greater risk for costly surgical-site infections
Monday, May 16, 2011 - 20:30
in Health & Medicine
Obese patients undergoing colon surgery are 60 percent more likely to develop dangerous and costly surgical-site infections than their normal-weight counterparts, new research suggests. These infections cost an average of $17,000 more per patient, extend hospital stays and leave patients at a three-times greater risk of hospital readmission.
