Use of Preoperative Hypoalbuminemia as Independent Predictor of Post-Conversion and Revisional Bariatric Surgery Outcomes: MBSAQIP Registry Analysis
After adjustment for confounding patient factors, hypoalbuminemia alone did not arise as an independent predictive factor for the 30-day major complications, such as leak, reoperation, or reintervention after revisional and anastomotic conversion MBS, although there may be an increase in surgical site infection and readmission rates.
Authors
- Abdelrahman Ali Nimeri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7844-163X)
- Thomas H. Shin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2076-270X)
- Jerry T. Dang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8659-0934)
- Pourya Medhati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6684-3439)
- Eric G. Sheu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2707-1768)
- Ali Tavakkoli
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center (US)
- Cleveland Clinic (US)
- University of Virginia (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American College of Surgeons
- Published
- 2025-02-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/xcs.0000000000001346
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.01