TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - The Morbidly Obese Patient A1 - Mishra, Nitin A1 - Saleem, Abdulaziz M. PY - 2024 T2 - Handbook of Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery AB - Surgery in the morbidly obese patient poses unique challenges for the surgeon, compared to those with a normal BMI. Meticulous preoperative planning is imperative in these patients to prevent postoperative complications and allow smooth progression intraoperatively. In this chapter, we will discuss certain technical aspects of minimally invasive colorectal surgery applicable to the obese patient population—a large number of the Western patient population tend to be overweight and, therefore, being able to safely operate on obese patients is essential. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/07 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1204543182 ER -