• Supporting Literature:
• Nugent et.al. Obesity and anastomotic leak rate in colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2021 Sep,36(9):1819-1829
• Nikolian et.al. Anastomotic leak after colorectal resection: a population-based study of risk factors and hospital variation. Surgery. 2017;161:1619-27
• Hussan et.al. Morbid obesity is associated with increased mortality, surgical complications, and incremental health care utilization in the peri-operative period of colorectal cancer surgery. World J Surg. 2016 Apr;40(4):987-94
• Special thanks to:
• The Vanderbilt Medical Weight Loss Center and Dr. Erica Garner
• Elizabeth Sun for slide design
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