Measuring morbidity is a complex process that includes more than commonly reported measures such as blood loss, operative time, death rate, complication rate and length of stay (reference 8 in article).1 These authors incorporated a standardized grading methodology (Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, version 3.0) to retrospectively assess risk factors predicting complications after RC. BMI was associated with overall complications and a higher risk of major complications.
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