Laparoscopic distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer in morbidly obese patients in South Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Laparoscopic gastrectomy in obese patients has been investigated in several studies, but its feasibility has rarely been examined in morbidly obese patients, such as in those with a body mass index (BMI) of ≥30 kg/m(2). The present study aimed to evaluate the technical feasibility and safety of laparoscopic gastrectomy in morbidly obese patients with gastric cancer.

Materials and methods

A total of 1,512 gastric cancer patients who underwent laparoscopic distal gastrectomy (LDG) were divided into three groups: normal (BMI<25 kg/m(2), n=996), obese (BMI 25~30 kg/m(2), n=471), and morbidly obese (BMI≥30 kg/m(2), n=45). Short-term surgical outcomes, including the course of hospitalization and postoperative complications, were compared between the three groups.

Result

SUBMITTER: Jung JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4199886 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature