Postoperative complications and prognosis after radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

Abstract Background Many observational studies have reported correlations between postoperative complications and prognosis after radical gastrectomy but the results are controversial. This meta-analysis was performed to investigate whether there is a correlation between postoperative complications...

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Main Authors: Shiqi Wang, Lei Xu, Quan Wang, Jipeng Li, Bin Bai, Zhengyan Li, Xiaoyong Wu, Pengfei Yu, Xuzhao Li, Jichao Yin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12957-019-1593-9