A 39-year-old woman with a BMI of 38 kg/m² attends requesting sterilisation. She has two children. After counselling, she still wishes to proceed. Acc...

Question

A 39-year-old woman with a BMI of 38 kg/m² attends requesting sterilisation. She has two children. After counselling, she still wishes to proceed. According to FSRH, what should be discussed regarding the surgical risks?

Accepted Answer

Obesity increases the risk of surgical complications including anaesthetic risk, and she should be counselled accordingly

Answer

There are no additional surgical risks at higher BMI

Answer

Sterilisation is contraindicated at BMI >35

Answer

She must lose weight to BMI

Answer

The failure rate is higher at higher BMI

uk-dfsrh MCQ (SBA): Sterilisation Surgical Risk Obesity

A 39-year-old woman with a BMI of 38 kg/m² attends requesting sterilisation. She has two children. After counselling, she still wishes to proceed. According to FSRH, what should be discussed regarding the surgical risks?