Open AccessBenefit of laparoscopic liver resection in high body mass index patients
Author(s) -
Hajime Uchida,
Yukio Iwashita,
Kunihiro Saga,
Hiroomi Takayama,
Kiminori Watanabe,
Yuichi Endo,
Kazuhiro Yada,
Masayuki Ohta,
Masafumi Ito
Publication year - 2016
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.v22.i10.3015
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , blood loss , multivariate analysis , surgery , weight loss , laparoscopy , resection , obesity
To explore the impact of body mass index (BMI) on surgical outcomes in patients undergoing laparoscopic liver resection (LLR).