what happens to body fat when a person is undergoing a surgery? do they get in the way, are they removed, are they returned to the body after?

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Started watching The Good Doctor and got curious.

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They don’t Remove it. They cut through it and spread you open. Then they try to find the organ through that visceral fat, try to fix what was ailing you, then try to sew you back up.
Then we pray it doesn’t separate. Wounds on obese people do not heal as well in my experience. Many more complications.