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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Surgery. 2023 Jun 3;174(2):259–267. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2023.04.016

Table 4.

Summary of major complications in the 4 cohorts stratified by BMI.

Major morbidity type N (%) Total, n (%)
Underweight 14/124(11.3)
Bleeding/ hematoma 2 (0.2)
Bile leak/ infected collection 8 (6.5)
Pulmonary 2 (1.6)
Sepsis/ infection 1 (0.8)
Others 1 (0.8)

Normal weight 180/1810 (9.9)
Bleeding/hematoma 7 (0.4)
Bile leak/ infected collection 95 (5.2)
Pulmonary 29 (1.6)
Sepsis/ infection 4 (0.2)
Liver failure 13 (0.7)
Wound complications 4 (0.2)
Ascites 6 (0.3)
Others 32 (1.8)

Overweight 102/1056 (9.7)
Bleeding/hematoma 8 (0.8)
Bile leak/ infected collection 60 (5.7)
Pulmonary 16 (1.5)
Sepsis/ infection 1 (0.1)
Liver failure 6 (0.6)
Wound complications 6 (0.6)
Ascites 5 (0.5)
Others 9 (0.9)

Obese 51/341 (13.0)
Bleeding/hematoma 5 (1.5)
Bile leak/ infected collection 29 (8.5)
Pulmonary 8 (2.3)
Liver failure 1 (0.3)
Wound complications 7 (2.1)
Others 3 (0.9)