Research Article
The Incidence of Postoperative Complications after Gastrectomy Increases in Proportion to the Amount of Preoperative Visceral Fat
Table 2
Details of postoperative complications.
| | Postoperative complications | Visceral fat area (cm2) | value | | 0–49 n = 91 | 50–99 n = 160 | 100–149 n = 187 | ≥150 n = 128 |
| | Abdominal abscess | 2 (2.2%) | 8 (5.0%) | 16 (8.6%) | 21 (16.4%) | 0.0005 | | Pancreatic fistula | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.6%) | 8 (4.3%) | 8 (6.3%) | 0.0089 | | Anastomotic leakage | 2 (2.2%) | 5 (3.1%) | 4 (2.1%) | 6 (4.7%) | 0.59 | | Pneumonia | 1 (1.1%) | 3 (1.9%) | 3 (1.6%) | 4 (3.1%) | 0.71 | | Small bowel obstruction | 1 (1.1%) | 1 (0.6%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (3.9%) | 0.016 | | Delayed gastric emptying | 2 (2.2%) | 3 (1.8%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.8%) | 0.24 | | Wound infection | 0 | 1 (0.6%) | 2 (1.1%) | 0 | 0.53 | | Others | 3 (3.3%) | 6 (3.8%) | 10 (5.4%) | 14 (10.9%) | 0.037 |
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