The effect of the visceral fat area on the predictive accuracy of C-reactive protein for infectious complications after laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To investigate the influence of visceral fat area on postoperative C-reactive protein levels and whether it affects its ability to diagnose infectious complications after laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy.

Methods

A total of 435 consecutive patients who underwent laparoscopy-assisted resection for gastric cancer from 2008 to 2017 were reviewed and divided into four groups according to visceral fat area quartiles. We evaluated the relationship between C-reactive protein and visceral fat area and whether visceral fat area affects the sensitivity and specificity of C-reactive protein in diagnosing postoperative infectious complications.

Results

Postoperative C-reactive protein levels increased with increasing visceral fat areas at every postoperative assessment. Multi

SUBMITTER: Iida M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7382426 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature