ArticleAnnals of gastroenterological surgery2025
Impact of body mass index as a continuous variable on short- and long-term outcomes in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery for colon cancer.
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- Impact of BMI on robotic rectal cancer surgery versus three-dimensional laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery: a retrospective study.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Impact of Low Preoperative Prognostic Immune Nutritional Index on Survival and Postoperative Infectious Complications in Patients With Colorectal Cancer.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2026Article
- Impact of body mass index as a continuous variable on short- and long-term outcomes in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery for colon cancer.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: The impact of obesity on colon cancer remains unclear. Very few studies of colon cancer surgery have analyzed body mass index (BMI) as a continuous variable, with no such reports from Japan. This study examined the association between BMI as a continuous variable and short- and long-term outcomes of laparoscopic surgery for obese colon cancer patients. Methods: Obese (BMI ≥25 kg/m Results: Among patients meeting the study criteria, 1036 were examined. BMI as a continuous variable correlated with log-transformed operative time (regression coefficient: 0.02, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.012-0.028, Conclusions: This study showed that BMI as a continuous variable correlated with operative time and blood loss. RFS was possibly better in the severely obese patients (BMI ≥28.5 kg/m
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