Effect of High Body Mass Index on Short- and Long-term Outcomes of Patients who Underwent Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Advanced Gastric Cancer: A Case Control Study
Abstract:Background High body mass index (BMI) is thought to be a preoperative risk factor for surgical treatment. Until now, few studies have investigated the long-term impact of preoperative high BMI on advanced gastric cancer (GC) patients who underwent laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG). Therefore, the present study was designed to compare clinical outcomes between high BMI and normal BMI patients who underwent LG. MethodsWe retrospectively investigated 282 pathological stage II~III GC cases who underwent radical LG plu… Show more
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