Open AccessImpact of being overweight on the surgical outcomes of patients with gastric cancer: A meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Xia Wu,
Weiping Wu,
Maolan Li,
Jingsi Yang,
Qichen Ding,
Lin Zhang,
Jian Mu,
Jun Gu,
Ping Dong,
Jianhua Lu,
Yingbin Liu
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v19.i27.4596
Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , subgroup analysis , body mass index , meta analysis , gastrectomy , gastroenterology , cancer , cochrane library , obesity , lymph node , weight loss , surgery
To investigate the effect of being overweight on the surgical results of patients with gastric cancer.