Hamit Cakir, Colin Heus, Wouter M Verduin, Arjen Lak, Hieronymus J Doodeman, Willem A Bemelman, Alexander P Houdijk
BACKGROUND: The aim of our study was to assess the influence of visceral obesity (VO), as measured by preoperative abdominal CT scan, in relation to body mass index (BMI) on the incidence of postoperative complications and duration of hospital stay after colon cancer surgery. METHODS: Patients who underwent elective resection for colon cancer between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2013, and had a preoperative CT scan were entered in the study. Visceral fat area (VFA) was determined by using the preoperative CT scan at the L3-L4 level...
May 2015: Surgery