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Is There any Role of Visceral Fat Area for Predicting Difficulty of Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer?

PURPOSE: Obesity is associated with morbidity following gastric cancer surgery, but whether obesity influences morbidity after laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) remains controversial. The present study evaluated whether body mass index (BMI) and visceral fat area (VFA) predict postoperative complication...

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Autores principales: Shin, Ho-Jung, Son, Sang-Yong, Cui, Long-Hai, Byun, Cheulsu, Hur, Hoon, Lee, Jei Hee, Kim, Young Chul, Han, Sang-Uk, Cho, Yong Kwan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Gastric Cancer Association 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4604329/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26468412
http://dx.doi.org/10.5230/jgc.2015.15.3.151