Effect of individual fat areas on early surgical outcomes after open gastrectomy for gastric cancer

200984 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Masanori Tokunaga · Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research

Naoki Hiki · Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research

Tetsu Fukunaga · Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research

Toshihiro Ogura · Gunma Prefectural College of Health Sciences

Satoshi Miyata · Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research

Toshiharu Yamaguchi · Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research

Abstract

Patients with a high visceral fat area are more likely to develop an intra-abdominal infection after gastrectomy. Assessment of fat area, in particular visceral fat area, should alert surgeons to increased postoperative risks.

Topics & Keywords

Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Metastasis and carcinoma case studies Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: British journal of surgery

Volume 96, Issue 5, pp. 496-500

DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6586

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