Morbid Obesity’s Silver Lining: An Armor for Hollow Viscus in Blunt Abdominal Trauma
2019
Background
Morbid obesity is usually accompanied by both subcutaneous and visceral fat accumulation. Fat can mimic an air bag, absorbing the force of a collision. We hypothesized that morbid obesity is mechanically protective for hollow viscus organs in blunt abdominal trauma (BAT).
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