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Table 7 Most common postoperative complications per BMI category

From: Laparoscopic-assisted myomectomy with uterine artery occlusion at a freestanding ambulatory surgery center: a case series

 

Non-obese BMI < 30 (N = 650)

Obese BMI 30–39 (N = 251)

Morbidly obese BMI > 40 (N = 63)

GRADE 1

 Abdominal pain

7

3

0

 Nausea/vomiting

3

2

0

 Vaginal bleeding

2

0

0

 Incisional bleeding

1

3

0

 CO2 gas pain

1

0

0

 Unable to void

1

1

0

 Fever

1

0

0

 Syncope

1

0

0

GRADE 2

   

 Blood transfusion

18

8

2

 Incisional infection

2

3

2

 UTI

2

0

0

 Pulmonary embolism

1

0

0

GRADE 3a

   

 Incisional separation

2

2

0

 Hemothorax

1

0

0

GRADE 3b

   

 Hematoma evacuation

2

0

0

 Hysterectomy

2

1

0

 Intrauterine balloon

1

1

1