Obesity paradox as a new insight from postoperative complications in gastric cancer

Abstract The obesity paradox is reported to exist in various diseases. However, obesity is a pivotal issue in gastric cancer (GC) patients because of the surgical difficulty related to postoperative abdominal infectious complications (PAIC). This study clarified the existence of the obesity paradox...

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Main Authors: Hajime Kamiya, Shuhei Komatsu, Keiji Nishibeppu, Takuma Ohashi, Hirotaka Konishi, Atsushi Shiozaki, Takeshi Kubota, Hitoshi Fujiwara, Eigo Otsuji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-36968-7