ArticleWorld journal of surgery2020
Preoperative Exercise Habits are Associated with Post-gastrectomy Complications.
Article in World journal of surgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05035602 (Google Location History), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.
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Google Location History (GLH) as a Health Tool to Assess Physical Activity Profiles and Patterns Following Oesophagectomy and/or Gastrectomy
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- Impact of home-based preoperative physical activity on postoperative complications in patients undergoing oncologic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Discover oncology · 2025Article
- Preoperative Low Physical Activity is a Predictor of Postoperative Delirium in Patients with Gastrointestinal Cancer: A Retrospective Study.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2022Article
- Sarcopenia, muscle quality, and gastric cancer surgery.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundSarcopenia is reportedly associated with postoperative complications of gastrectomy, which would presumably be affected by exercise habits aimed at maintaining muscle quantity and quality. However, the potential benefits of exercise habits have yet to be clarified.
methodsWe included 178 patients undergoing gastrectomy in this study. Postoperative complications above grade 2 according to the Clavien-Dindo classification were regarded as clinically significant. Patients were classified according to exercise quantity employing the International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form and relationships between exercise habits and complications were investigated.
resultsOn univariate analysis, low exercise habits (p = 0.008) and total gastrectomy (p = 0.004) were significantly associated with morbidity after gastrectomy. Although severe comorbidity (p = 0.095) and combined resection (p = 0.064) tended to be associated with complications, multivariate analysis demonstrated only low levels of exercise (Odds ratio = 2.42, p = 0.014) and total gastrectomy (Odds ratio = 3.67, p = 0.028) to be independently associated with postoperative complications. Anastomotic leakage (p = 0.028) and systemic complications (p = 0.006), especially pneumonia, were significantly more frequent in the low exercise group.
conclusionsPreoperative exercise habits independently affected short-term postoperative outcomes. Our results raise the possibility that exercise intervention would reduce the morbidity experienced by gastrectomy patients.
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