Abstract:Abstract:Objective; The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of body mass index (BMI) on postoperative complications and on the total number of excised and metastatic lymph nodes in cases with total gastrectomy + D2 lymph node dissections because of gastric cancer. Methods: The patients were divided into three groups according to their BMI: those with BMI of 24.9 (kg/m2) and less were normal (Group 1), those with BMI between 25 and 30 (kg/m2) were overweight (Group 2), and those with BMI greater th… Show more
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