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. 2023 Mar:170:203-209.
doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2023.01.013. Epub 2023 Jan 27.

Safety and feasibility of same-day discharge following minimally invasive hysterectomy in the morbidly obese patient population

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Safety and feasibility of same-day discharge following minimally invasive hysterectomy in the morbidly obese patient population

Paulina J Haight et al. Gynecol Oncol. 2023 Mar.

Abstract

Objectives: To determine whether morbid obesity should serve as an independent factor in the decision for same day discharge following minimally invasive hysterectomy.

Methods: Retrospective review was performed of patients with BMI ≥ 40 who underwent minimally invasive hysterectomy within a single comprehensive cancer center between January 2018 - August 2020. Demographics, perioperative factors, post-operative monitoring, complications, and readmissions were compared between patients who underwent same day discharge and overnight observation using Fisher's exact tests and Wilcoxon rank-sum tests.

Results: 374 patients with BMI ≥ 40 were included. Eighty-three (22.2%) patients underwent same day discharge, and 291 (77.8%) patients underwent overnight observation. Factors associated with increased likelihood of same day discharge included younger age (median age 53 vs 58; p = 0.001), lower BMI (median BMI 45 vs 47; p = 0.005), and fewer medical co-morbidities (Charlson Co-Morbidity Index 2 vs 3; p < 0.001). On multivariate regression analysis, frailty (OR 2.16 [1.14-4.11], p = 0.019) and surgical completion time after 12 PM (OR 3.67 [2.16-6.24], p < 0.001) were associated with increased risk of overnight observation. Few patients admitted for routine overnight observation required medical intervention (n = 14, 4.8%); most of these patients were frail (64.3%). The overall hospital readmission rate within 30 days of discharge was 3.2% (n = 12), with no patients discharged on the day of surgery being readmitted.

Conclusions: Morbid obesity alone should not serve as a contraindication to same day discharge following minimally invasive hysterectomy. Admission for observation was associated with low rates of clinically meaningful intervention, and patients who underwent same day discharge were not at increased risk of adverse outcome.

Keywords: Minimally invasive hysterectomy; Morbid obesity; Same day discharge.

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors report no conflicts of interest including financial, personal, or other relationships with other people or organizations within two years of beginning the submitted work that could inappropriately influence, or be perceived to influence, their work.

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