Why the study?
Is body fat accumulation (intra-abdominal or subcutaneous fat) associated with postoperative complications in patients undergoing elective gastric or colorectal cancer surgery?
Population
139 patients who underwent elective gastric or colorectal cancer surgery
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
postoperative period
Authors
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CT fat measures may refine perioperative risk stratification in GI cancer surgery; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Is body fat accumulation (intra-abdominal or subcutaneous fat) associated with postoperative complications in patients undergoing elective gastric or colorectal cancer surgery?
Body fat accumulation, specifically intra-abdominal and subcutaneous fat measured by preoperative CT, is independently associated with postoperative morbidity after gastric or colorectal surgery.
Tsukada et al. (2004) studied this question.
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