Morbidly obese patients face high risk for complications after colectomy

Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 11:14 in Health & Medicine

New research published in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows that morbidly obese patients are at higher risk than normal weight patients for complications after colectomy - surgical removal of all or part of the colon - for the treatment of cancer.

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