ArticleAsian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP2021
Short-Term Outcomes for Laparoscopic Surgery for BMI≥30 Patients with Rectal Cancer.
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- The effect of excess body weight on short-term outcomes following minimally invasive rectal cancer surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Techniques in coloproctology · 2026Pooled it
- Evaluating the influence of the obesity paradox on survival outcomes in patients being treated surgically for rectal cancer-a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of colorectal disease · 2025Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of the effect of different body mass index on surgical wound infection after colorectal surgery.International wound journal · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of body mass index on surgical site wound infection, mortality, and postoperative hospital stay in subjects undergoing possibly curative surgery for colorectal cancer: A meta-analysis.International wound journal · 2023Pooled it
- SAGES colorectal and metabolic bariatric surgery committee joint task force call to action for synchronized severe obesity and colorectal cancer management.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Review
- Intraoperative assessment of anastomotic blood supply using indocyanine green fluorescence imaging following esophagojejunostomy or esophagogastrostomy for gastric cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Article
- Relationship between body mass index and short-term postoperative prognosis in patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery.World journal of clinical cases · 2023Article
- T.H.R.O.B.V.S. Score - A Comprehensive Model to Predict the Surgical Complexity of Renal Cell Carcinoma With Tumor Thrombus.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveObesity is known to be a preoperative risk factor for rectal cancer surgery. This study aimed to investigate the influence of obesity on the surgical outcomes of laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer.
methodsThe clinical data of 356 patients with rectal cancer from Jan 2012 to Dec 2015 were analyzed retrospectively. Perioperative outcomes were compared between 48 patients with a BMI (body mass index) ≥30 kg/m2 [obese group ] and 308 patients with a BMI≥30 kg/m2 [non-obese group] who underwent laparoscopic surgery.
resultsOperation times were significantly longer for the obese group than for the non-obese group (125.2±30.5 min vs. 180.5±58.2 min, P=0.021). There were no statistically significant differences between two groups in terms of intraoperative blood loss, the number of retrieved lymph nodes, postoperative recovery and postoperative complications (P≥0.05). During the follow-up period, the overall survival rates were not significantly different between the two groups [66.7% (32/48) vs 67.2% (207/308), P=0.787]. The differences in recurrence and metastasis between the two groups were not statistically significant.
conclusionOur analysis revealed that laparoscopic surgery can be safely performed in patients with BMI≥30. The procedure was considered to be difficult but sufficiently feasible.
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