The impact of obesity on the use of a totally laparoscopic distal gastrectomy in patients with gastric cancer

Journal of Gastric Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 108-112

  Oki, Eiji ^a   Sakaguchi, Yoshihisa ^b   Ohgaki, Kippei ^b   Saeki, Hiroshi ^a   Chinen, Yoshiki ^b   Minami, Kazuhito ^b   Sakamoto, Yasuo ^b   Toh, Yasushi ^b   Kusumoto, Testuya ^c   Okamura, Takeshi ^b   Maehara, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL KYUSHU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION BEPPU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Gastrectomy; Laparoscopy; Obesity; Stomach neoplasms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867525440     PISSN: 2093582X     EISSN: 20935641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5230/jgc.2012.12.2.108     Document Type: Article

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