ArticleJournal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract2017
Quantitative Assessment of Visceral Obesity and Postoperative Colon Cancer Outcomes.
Article in Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02328677 (ColoCare Transdisciplinary Research in Colorectal Cancer Prognosis), which is not on this map. Cited by 38 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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ColoCare Transdisciplinary Research in Colorectal Cancer Prognosis
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38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.
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- A nomogram based on body composition and the prognostic nutritional index to predict early postoperative complications of colorectal cancer.BMC medical imaging · 2026Article
- Anthropometric assessment of obesity in robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy: A systematic review.BJUI compass · 2026Review
- Prognostic risk factors in upper gastrointestinal perforation: the role of body composition parameters.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Impact of Visceral Fat Area on Intraoperative Complexity and Surgical Approach Decision for Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy: A Comparative Analysis with BMI.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023Article
- Sarcobesity, but not visceral fat, is an independent risk factor for complications after radical resection of colorectal cancer.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Excess visceral fat area as an independent risk factor for early postoperative complications in patients with obesity undergoing bariatric surgery.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
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- Impact of atherosclerosis on the postoperative complications of colorectal surgery in older patients with colorectal cancer.BMC gastroenterology · 2022Article
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- The associations between lipid profiles and visceral obesity among gastrointestinal cancer patients: a cross-sectional study.Lipids in health and disease · 2022Observational
- S184: preoperative sarcopenia is associated with worse short-term outcomes following transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) for rectal cancer.Surgical endoscopy · 2022Article
- Body Composition Predictors of Adverse Postoperative Events in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Long Bone Metastases.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2022Article
- Clinical validation of implementing Enhanced Recovery After Surgery protocol in elderly colorectal cancer patients.Annals of coloproctology · 2022Article
- Linear Skeletal Muscle Index and Muscle Attenuation May Be New Prognostic Factors in Colorectal Carcinoma Treated by Radical Resection.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Preoperative Walking Capacity Indirectly Relates to Decreased Postoperative Complications in Patients with Gastrointestinal Cancer.Progress in rehabilitation medicine · 2022Article
- The value of sex-specific abdominal visceral fat as measured via CT as a predictor of clear renal cell carcinoma T stage.Adipocyte · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundQuantitative computed tomography (CT) assessment of visceral adiposity may be superior to body mass index (BMI) as a predictor of surgical morbidity. We sought to examine the association of CT measures of obesity and BMI with short-term postoperative outcomes in colon cancer patients.
methodsIn this retrospective study, 110 patients treated with colectomy for stage I-III colon cancer were classified as obese or non-obese by preoperative CT-based measures of adiposity or BMI [obese: BMI ≥ 30 kg/m
resultsObese patients, by V/S and VFA but not BMI, were more likely to be male and have preexisting hypertension and diabetes. The overall complication rate was 25.5%, and there were no mortalities. Obese patients by VFA (with a trend for V/S but not BMI) were more likely to develop postoperative complications as compared to patients classified as non-obese: VFA (30.5 vs.10.7%, p = 0.03), V/S (29.2 vs. 9.5%, p = 0.05), and BMI (32.4 vs. 21.9%, p = 0.23).
conclusionsElevated visceral obesity quantified by CT is associated with the presence of key metabolic comorbidities and increased postoperative morbidity and may be superior to BMI for risk stratification.
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