The Incidence of Postoperative Complications after Gastrectomy Increases in Proportion to the Amount of Preoperative Visceral Fat

Background. Visceral obesity is a risk factor for complications after gastrectomy in patients with gastric cancer. However, it is unclear whether postoperative complications decrease with preoperative reduction of visceral fat without the achievement of a nonobese state. This is because previous stu...

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Main Authors: Kazuyuki Okada, Tatsuto Nishigori, Kazutaka Obama, Shigeru Tsunoda, Koya Hida, Shigeo Hisamori, Yoshiharu Sakai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Oncology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8404383