Impact of Body Composition on Surgical Outcome in Rectal Cancer Patients, a Retrospective Cohort Study.

CONCLUSION: VO patients more often had a history of cardiac disease, hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Visceral obesity correlated with a worse outcome after surgery for rectal cancer.
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Source: Hand Surgery - February 4, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Heus C, Bakker N, Verduin WM, Doodeman HJ, Houdijk APJ Tags: World J Surg Source Type: research