title: [Obesity as a risk factor in surgery for urinary incontinence].
abstract: There is controversy in the literature related with the prognosis of incontinent obese patient. The objective of this study was to demonstrate if obesity has influence on the relapse of postsurgical incontinence in genuine urinary incontinence. 148 patients were included measuring their Body Mass Index and divided in two groups: Group "A" 74 patients without relapse and Group "B" 74 patients with relapse. The results showed in the obese patients the double of surgical failures than in those with our it (P < 0.05). In conclusion obesity is a adverse prognostic factor in the postsurgical evolution in these patients.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Ginecología y Obstetricia Luis Castelazo Ayala IMSS, México, D.F.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ramírez Melgar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iris de la Cruz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Martínez González
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Casas Florian
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Valiente Banuet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery*; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*