Excessive visceral fat area as a risk factor for early postoperative complications of total gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Obesity is a known risk factor for complications after digestive surgery. Body mass index (BMI) is commonly used as an index of obesity but does not always reflect the degree of obesity. Although some studies have shown that high visceral fat area (VFA) is associated with poor outcomes i...

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Publicado no:BMC Surg
Main Authors: Takeuchi, Masashi, Ishii, Kenjiro, Seki, Hiroaki, Yasui, Nobutaka, Sakata, Michio, Shimada, Akihiko, Matsumoto, Hidetoshi
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: BioMed Central 2016
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4974690/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27494994
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12893-016-0168-8
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