Laparoscopic gastrectomy reduces adverse postoperative outcomes and decreases morbidity for gastric cancer patients with visceral obesity: a propensity score-matched analysis

Conclusions: Compared with open radical gastrectomy, laparoscopy would reduce the rate of postoperative complications in patients with VO, as well as prolong their overall survival.

Source: Journal of Cancer - April 19, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Chenchen Mao, Xiaodong Chen, Xiangwei Sun, Xiang Wang, Ce Zhu, Wenjing Chen, Xiangyang Xue, Xian Shen Tags: Research Paper Source Type: research