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The impact of body mass index on short-term surgical outcomes after laparoscopic hepatectomy, a retrospective study

BACKGROUND: Surgeons may expect technical difficulties and worse outcomes when performing laparoscopic hepatectomy (LH) on obese patients. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of body mass index (BMI) on short-term surgical outcomes and to verify risk factors of conversion rate and complica...

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Autores principales: Yu, Xin, Yu, Hong, Fang, Xiangming
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4893250/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27259513
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12871-016-0194-1