Effect of High Body Mass Index on Short- and Long-term Outcomes of Patients who Underwent Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Advanced Gastric Cancer: A Case Control Study

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Effect of High Body Mass Index on Short- and Long-term Outcomes of Patients who Underwent Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Advanced Gastric Cancer: A Case Control Study

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Background

High body mass index (BMI) is thought to be a preoperative risk factor for surgical treatment. Until now, few studies have investigated the long-term impact of preoperative high BMI on advanced gastric cancer (GC) patients who underwent laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG). Therefore, the present study was designed to compare clinical outcomes between high BMI and normal BMI patients who underwent LG.

Methods

We retrospectively investigated 282 pathological stage II~III GC cases who underwent radical LG plus D2 lymphadenectomy from February 2009 to May 2018. Based on the China BMI classification, the patients were classified into a high (BMI ≥ 24 kg/m2) or normal (BMI < 24 kg/m2) BMI group. The clinical characteristics, intraoperative findings, short-term and long-term outcomes of the two groups of patients were then compared.

Results

The high BMI group had longer operation time (160.1 ± 36.0 minutes vs. 147.7 ± 33.7 minutes; P = 0.005) and greater intraoperative bleeding (138.3 ± 239.4ml vs. 86.6 ± 67.7ml; P = 0.002) compared to the normal BMI group. Moreover, shorter time to flatus, starting the soft diet, removing drain tube and length of stay (all P < 0.05) were observed in the high BMI patients. However, there was no significant difference in relapse-free survival or overall survival between the two groups.

Conclusion

Patients with high BMI was associated with longer operation time and greater amount of intraoperative bleeding but had faster recovery as compared to those with normal BMI. Also, LG can be considered as safe with no significant difference in terms of short- and long-term outcomes on the peri- and post-operative outcomes between the two BMI groups of patients. Nevertheless, these surgeries for high BMI patients should be performed by experienced surgeons.

Oncology

General Surgery

Gastric cancer

laparoscopic gastrectomy

body mass index

In China, gastric cancer (GC) is the second most frequently diagnosed type of cancer and the third primary cause of cancer death [2, 6]. Radical gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy remains the only standard treatment for resectable GC [15]. Since laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) was first reported by Kitano et al in 1994 for the treatment of early-stage GC, this technique has been rapidly adopted in the surgical treatment of GC [13]. Several prospective randomized trials have confirmed the feasibility and safety of LG compared with traditional open surgery. The benefits of LG include minimal invasiveness, the amplification of the surgical field of vision, shorter duration of operation, fewer perioperative complications and faster recovery after surgery compared to open surgery [10, 12, 14]. Although laparoscopy surgery is popular in the treatment of GC, its utility for treating obese GC patients remains controversial. High body mass index (BMI) is generally thought to be a preoperative risk factor for surgical treatment. Theoretically, high BMI patients have more comorbidities, such as hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, which may consequently increase surgical difficulty and the incidence of postoperative complications [3, 20]. Accordingly, in GC surgery, high BMI was found to have an adverse impact on lymph node dissection and prognosis of the patients [4, 5]. Since 2003, several investigators began to explore whether laparoscopic-assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG) could be beneficial for overweight patients with early GC [17]. However, these previous researches mainly focused on the short-term outcome of laparoscopic-assisted gastrectomy for early GC between the high BMI and normal BMI patients [11, 18, 28]. Until now, few studies have investigated the long-term outcomes of performing LG to advanced GC patients with high preoperative BMI. Therefore, we conducted the present work to explore the impact of high BMI on the short- and long-term outcomes of advanced GC patients who underwent LG.

Patients and variables

We retrospectively investigated the data of 462 GC cases who had underwent radical LG plus D2 lymphadenectomy at Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center between February 2009 and May 2018, after obtaining our institutional review board approval. Characteristics and clinicopathologic variables including age, sex, height, weight, BMI, tumor size, histology grade, ASA (American society of anesthesiologists), LG extent and AJCC (American Joint Committee on Cancer) stage were analyzed. Surgery-related variables including operation time, intraoperative blood loss, number of retrieved lymph nodes, number of positive lymph nodes, resection margin, digestive tract reconstruction and type of gastrectomy were retrieved. Treatment-related variables including the information of neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy were also analyzed. Postoperative variables include time to flatus, time of starting soft diet, removal of drainage tube, length of stay, transfusion rate and postoperative complication.

Based on the China BMI classification, the patients were classified into a high BMI (BMI ≥ 24 kg/m²) or normal BMI (BMI < 24 kg/m²) group. The BMI was calculated as the weight (kg) of the patients divided by their corresponding height squared (m²). All postoperative TNM staging of patients were defined by the AJCC 7th edition. The definition of postoperative complications was based on the Clavien-Dindo classification [9]. Patients who had distant metastasis (n = 44) and stage I disease (n = 136) were excluded. Finally, a total of 282 patients who underwent radical LG plus D2 lymphadenectomy for II ~ III stage GC was used for analysis.

laparoscopic procedure

All patients were placed in a herringbone position under general anesthesia. The surgeon was always located on the left side of the patient. The assistant was on the right side of the patient and the monitor was between patient’s legs. Our laparoscopic incision was performed with five trocars, including two 12-mm trocars and three 5-mm trocars. Primarily, a 12-mm camera trocar was positioned above the level of the umbilicus. Then, the surgeon pierced a 12-mm trocar in the left upper abdomen and a 5-mm trocar in the left lateral abdomen. The two 5-mm trocars were positioned at the right upper and right lateral abdomen respectively by the assistant. Pneumoperitoneum was set at the level of 10–12 mmHg during surgery. Then, a harmonic scalpel was used for dividing the tissues and dissecting lymph nodes. Distal or total gastrectomy was performed based on tumor size, location, and depth of invasion. D2 lymphadenectomy was performed according to the Japanese GC Treatment Guidelines and CSCO (The Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology) Clinical Guidelines for GC [7, 24]. Furthermore, laparoscopic spleen-preserving splenic hilar lymphadenectomy (LSPL) was performed if the tumor had invaded the splenic fossa or the lymph nodes of the splenic fossa were found to be swollen. Both the stomach and duodenum were dissected using stapler. After the above steps were completed, the gastrointestinal tract was reconstructed using the Billroth II or Roux-en-Y gastrojejunostomy according to the type of gastrectomy. Next, a nasogastric tube was routinely placed across the anastomotic stoma following anastomosis. Finally, the abdominal drain tube was typically placed under the caudate lobe of the liver.

Statistical analyses

Data were analyzed using the R software version 3.6.0 (http://www.r-project.org). Continuous variables were analyzed using the Student’s t-test or Mann-Whitney U-test and were presented as their mean ± SD. The Chi-square test and Fisher’s exact test were performed to analyze categorical variables. Overall survival was defined as the length of time from the date of LG to death from any cause. Relapse-free survival was defined as the length of time from the date of primary surgery for GC to the appearance of signs or symptoms of that cancer. Survival curves were estimated using the Kaplan–Meier method, and statistical differences were examined using the log-rank test. Univariate and multivariate survival analyses were performed using the likelihood ratio test of the stratified Cox proportional hazards model. All P values were based on two-sided statistical tests and p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Baseline characteristics

The baseline characteristics of the 282 investigated advanced GC patients are displayed in Table 1. There were 210 patients in the normal BMI group and 72 patients in the high BMI group. The mean BMI was 20.6 kg/m² in the normal BMI group and 26.5 kg/m² in the high BMI group (P < 0.001) respectively. However, there were no differences between the two groups in terms of sex, age, ASA, tumor size, histology grade, pathological TNM stage and LG extent (all P > 0.05). Moreover, a total of 11 patients received neoadjuvant chemotherapy before surgery (high BMI vs. normal BMI; 1.4% vs. 4.8%; P = 0.356).

Short-term outcome

The intraoperative and postoperative outcomes of the 282 patients are shown in Table 2. There were no differences in terms of the number of retrieved lymph nodes, transfusion rate and positive surgical margin between the two groups (P > 0.05). However, compared to normal BMI patients, the high BMI group was associated with longer operation time (160.1 ± 36.0 minutes vs. 147.7 ± 33.7 minutes; P = 0.005) and greater amount of intraoperative bleeding (138.3 ± 239.4 mL vs. 86.6 ± 67.7 mL; P = 0.002). However, the time to flatus (3.7 ± 1.1 vs. 4.3 ± 2.1 days; P = 0.006), start of soft diet (4.9 ± 1.3 vs. 5.7 ± 2.6 days; P = 0.002), removal of drainage tube (5.1 ± 1.1 vs. 5.8 ± 3.2 days; P = 0.002) and hospitalization (7.3 ± 2.3 vs. 8.9 ± 5.2 days; P = 0.002) was significantly shorter for the high BMI group.

The local and systemic complications after surgery are listed in Table 3. A total of 25 patients (high BMI group: 7; normal BMI group: 18) in the overall cohort experienced postoperative complications. The main postoperative complication in the normal BMI group was abdominal bleeding (n = 4; 1.9%). Pneumonia was the leading postoperative complication in the high BMI group (n = 3; 4.1%). Besides, no postoperative wound infection occurred in the two groups. The local (high BMI vs. normal BMI group; 5.6% vs. 7.1%; P = 0.848), systemic (4.1% vs. 1.5%; P = 0.360) and overall complications (9.7% vs. 8.6%; P = 0.955) were not significantly different between the two BMI groups, and no perioperative mortality was observed in both groups.

Long-term outcome

The overall survival and relapse-free survival of the patients are summarized in Fig. 1a and Fig. 1b, respectively. A total of 142 patients in the normal BMI group (67.6%) and 54 patients (75.0%) in high BMI group underwent adjuvant chemotherapy after laparoscopic gastrectomy (P = 0.305). In our study, the median follow-up time was 18 months in the high BMI group and 20 months in the normal BMI group (P = 0.468). During the follow-up period, 23 patients in the high BMI group and 62 patients in normal the BMI group showed signs of recurrence after surgery (P = 0.812). The most common sites of recurrence were the anastomotic stoma (n = 8; 11.1%) and peritoneum (n = 7; 9.7%) for the high BMI group, while for the normal BMI group it was distant nodal metastases (n = 19; 9.0%) and anastomotic recurrence (n = 18; 8.6%) (Table 4). We also found that during follow-up, there were 7 (9.7%) and 24 patients (11.4%) from the high BMI group and normal BMI group, respectively, who succumbed to their disease. However, the relapse-free survival (P = 0.449) and overall survival (P = 0.903) time were comparable between the patients from both groups. Univariate analyses demonstrated that tumor invasion depth (T3/T4; HR = 5.139, 95% CI: 1.264–20.900; P = 0.022) and tumor size (≥ 5 cm; HR = 1.794, 95% CI: 1.109–2.904; P = 0.017) were adversely associated with the prognosis of patients (Table 5). However, on multivariate analyses, only tumor invasion depth (T3/T4; HR = 4.210, 95% CI: 1.020-17.382; P = 0.047) was identified as the independent risk factor for recurrence (Table 6).

High BMI has been considered as a risk factor for surgery because of the technical difficulties it poses to the surgeons. However, with the development of laparoscopic technology, the negative effects of high BMI have been theoretically weakened [27]. Son et al. revealed that LG was associated with lesser intraoperative blood loss and faster recovery of bowel movement as compared to open gastrectomy in patients with a BMI ≥ 30 kg/m² [22]. Accordingly, many researches began to explore the impact of preoperative high BMI on laparoscopic gastrectomy. Nevertheless, few studies have investigated the clinical impact of preoperative high BMI on advanced GC patients who underwent laparoscopic gastrectomy. Therefore, the present study was designed to compare clinical outcomes between high BMI and normal BMI patients who underwent LG.

During surgery, excessive visceral fat tends to impair the exposure of blood vessels, which may increase the risk of accidental injury to the neighboring blood vessels. Similarly, extra time will be consumed in dissecting the intra-abdominal adipose tissue, which leads to a longer duration of surgery. In accordance with previous studies [1, 21, 23], our study found that patients with high BMI had longer operation time and more intraoperative bleeding as compared to patients with normal BMI during the laparoscopic procedures. Moreover, our findings showed that high BMI was associated with shorter time to flatus, start of soft diet, drain tube removal and hospitalization (all P < 0.05), which was rarely reported before. We considered that this faster recovery should attribute to the better ability of nutrients absorption in high BMI patients. In terms of postoperative complications, the incidence rate was similar between the two BMI groups, which was consistent with previous studies [16, 19, 26]. In addition, there was no incidence of postoperative wound infections in both groups which we believe was attributed to the improvement of asepsis cognition and in laparoscopy in reducing the size of the abdominal incisions.

The dilemma of whether high BMI has an impact on lymph node dissection of LG remains debatable. While Shimada et al. reported that patients with high BMI were at a higher risk for insufficient regional lymph nodes removal, leading to an increased risk of local recurrence and worse survival [16, 21], several studies have reported that excessive fat had little effect on the number of retrieved lymph nodes during LG [1, 11, 17, 18, 23, 26, 28]. Our study indicated that no significant difference was observed in terms of the number of retrieved lymph nodes between the two BMI groups.

Further, due to the deep location of the splenic fossa, visceral adipose tissue of high BMI patients tends to cover the spleen, leading to the hampering and obscuring of surgical visibility during laparoscopic spleen-preserving splenic hilar lymphadenectomy (LSPL). Thereby, we also assessed the safety and feasibility of LSPL in both groups. Our result indicated that the incidence of lymphadenectomy for station number 10 (19.4% vs. 19.0%; P = 1.000) and the number of retrieved lymph nodes at station number 10 (1.8 ± 1.5 vs. 2.8 ± 2.8; P = 0.194) were similar in the two groups, which indicate that LSPL can be performed safely for high BMI patients with GC; at least in our cancer center which is a high cancer volume institution. However, we should note that these surgeries in our study were mainly performed by surgeons with advanced experience in laparoscopic gastrectomy. Lee et al. reported that surgeons without adequate accumulation of laparoscopic experience may lead to an inadequate lymph node dissection for high BMI patients [16]. Also, it has been reported that performing less than 45 cases of LG was associated with a higher incidence of complications [8]. Therefore, we recommend that laparoscopic surgery for high BMI patients should be performed by experienced surgeons to ensure feasibility and safety.

The long-term outcomes of high BMI in LG remain controversial. Wang et al. reported that high BMI does not adversely affect long-term outcomes of patients who underwent LADG [26]. However, the finding of Shimada et al. showed that the 5-year disease-specific survival was significantly lower in high BMI patients who underwent LADG than normal BMI patients; which may be partly attributed to the decreased number of the retrieved lymph node that could induce the adverse prognosis in the high BMI patients [21]. In the present study, we found that with adequate dissected number of lymph nodes, the survival outcomes were comparable between high and normal BMI (3-year overall survival: 92.4% vs. 77.6%, P = 0.507; 3-year relapse-free survival: 49.7% vs. 58.2%, P = 0.402). However, the univariate and multivariate analysis did not show that BMI can be considered as an independent risk factor for recurrence.

Despite the promising findings presented, the present study constrained with several limitations. First, this was a retrospective study from a single institution, thus further validation of the study results are to be performed. Second, we assessed the fat content of the abdominal cavity based on only the BMI criteria of the Chinese BMI classification and we have to emphasize that the distribution of fat may be different between individuals. Therefore, more comprehensive indexes should be used to evaluate the fat content of the abdominal cavity, such as BSA (body surface area), VFA (visceral fat area) and SFA (subcutaneous fat area), in the future. [22]. Lastly, our study did not include information on the comorbidity of the patients, such as hypertension, diabetes and heart disease, which could have also been considered as a risk factor for postoperative complications of LG [25].

In conclusion, our study indicated that high BMI correlated with longer operation time and more intraoperative bleeding. However, high BMI patients were associated with faster recovery. With sufficient dissected lymph nodes, the long-term survival outcomes of patients with high BMI were comparable to that of patients with normal BMI. Therefore, LG can be performed safely in high BMI patients of advanced GC. However, LG for high BMI patients should be performed by experienced surgeons.

High body mass index (BMI); gastric cancer (GC); laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG); laparoscopic-assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG); laparoscopic spleen-preserving splenic hilar lymphadenectomy (LSPL); BSA (body surface area), VFA (visceral fat area) and SFA (subcutaneous fat area)

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Funding

This research was not solicited and did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

Authors' contributions

LTQ, CGM, and LCC collected data and wrote the manuscript. JKM and LK analyzed and interpreted the data. YSQ, QHB, LY, and CYB provided professional support and revised the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Availability of data and materials

The datasets used during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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Table1. Patient Characteristics
Variable	Normal BMI	High BMI	P-value
N	210	72
Sex			1
Male	144 (68.6%)	50 (69.4%)
Female	66 (31.4%)	22 (30.6%)
Age (year)	57.8 ± 11.7	58.1 ± 11.7	0.969
Height (cm)	164.3 ± 7.3	165.5 ± 6.3	0.177
Weight (kg)	55.6 ± 7.4	72.7 ± 8.7	<0.001
BMI (kg/m²）	20.6 ± 2.1	26.5 ± 2.3	<0.001
Tumor Size (cm)	5.6 ± 2.3	5.4 ± 2.3	0.758
Histological Grade			0.966
G2	21 (10.0%)	8 (21.1%)
G3	189 (90.0%)	64 (88.9%)
Tumor Depth			0.221
T1	4 (1.9%)	4 (5.6%)
T2	14 (6.7%)	5 (6.9%)
T3	123 (58.5%)	48 (66.7%)
T4a	65 (31.0%)	14 (19.4%)
T4b	4 (1.9%)	1 (1.4%)
Lymph Node Metastasis			0.481
N0	40 (19.1%)	14 (19.4%)
N1	41 (19.5%)	13 (18.1%)
N2	45 (21.4%)	20 (27.8%)
N3a	50 (23.8%)	19 (26.4%)
N3b	34 (16.2%)	6 (8.3%)
AJCC Stage			0.733
IIA	44 (21.0%)	17 (23.6%)
IIB	33 (15.7%)	13 (18.1%)
IIIA	48 (22.9%)	18 (25.0%)
IIIB	51 (24.3%)	17 (23.6%)
IIIC	34 (16.1%)	7 (9.7%)
ASA			0.253
NA	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)
I	41 (19.5%)	10 (13.9%)
II	159 (75.7%)	55 (76.4%)
III	9 (4.3%)	7 (9.7%)
LG Extent			1
Assisted	144 (68.6%)	50 (69.4%)
Totally	66 (31.4%)	22 (30.6%)
Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy			0.356
No	200 (95.2%)	71 (98.6%)
Yes	10 (4.8%)	1 (1.4%)

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer; ASA, American society of anesthesiologists; LG Extent, laparoscopic gastrectomy extent.

Table 2. Intraoperative Findings and Short-term Outcomes
Variable	Normal BMI	High BMI	P-value
Operation Time (minute)	147.7 ± 33.7	160.1 ± 36.0	0.005
Digestive Tract Reconstruction			1
Billroth II	97 (46.2%)	33 (45.8%)
Roux-en-Y	113 (53.8%)	39 (54.2%)
Type of Gastrectomy			0.143
Total	88 (41.9%)	38 (52.8%)
Distal	122 (58.1%)	34 (47.2%)
Intraoperative Blood Loss (ml)	86.6 ± 67.7	138.3 ± 239.4	0.002
Transfusion Rate			0.259
No	190 (90.5%)	61 (84.7%)
Yes	20 (9.5%)	11 (15.3%)
The number of retrieved LNs	41.8 ± 16.6	43.3 ± 17.2	0.447
The number of positive LNs	7.3 ± 8.5	6.2 ± 7.4	0.487
Station10 lymphadenectomy			1
No	170 (81.0%)	58 (80.6%)
Yes	40 (19.0%)	14 (19.4%)
The number of Station10 LNs	2.8 ± 2.8	1.8 ± 1.5	0.34
The number of positive LNs at Station10	0.4 ± 0.8	0.1 ± 0.3	0.184
Resection Margin			0.547
R0	206 (98.1%)	72 (100.0%)
R1	4 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)
Time to Flatus (day)	4.3 ± 2.1	3.7 ± 1.1	0.006
Time to Soft Diet (day)	5.7 ± 2.6	4.9 ± 1.3	0.002
Drainage Time (day)	5.8 ± 3.2	5.1 ± 1.1	0.002
Length of Stay (day)	8.9 ± 5.2	7.3 ± 2.3	0.002
Adjuvant Chemotherapy			0.305
No	68 (32.4%)	18 (25.0%)
Yes	142 (67.6%)	54 (75.0%)
Mortality			NA
No	210 (100.0%)	72 (100.0%)
Yes	0 (0%)	0 (0%)

Abbreviations: LNs (lymph nodes).

Table 3. Postoperative complications
Variable	Normal BMI/ n (%)		High BMI/ n (%)	P-value
Overall Complication		18 (8.6%)	7 (9.7%)	0.955
Local Complication		15 (7.1%)	4 (5.6%)	0.848
Abdominal infection		3 (1.4%)	1 (1.4%)
Anastomotic leakage		3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)
Gastroplegia		2 (1.0%)	1 (1.4%)
Intestinal obstruction		3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)
Intraperitoneal bleeding		4 (1.9%)	2 (2.8%)
Systemic Complications		3 (1.5%)	3 (4.1%)	0.360
Pneumonia		2 (1.0%)	3 (4.1%)
Cardiovascular		1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)

Table 4. Long-term Outcomes
Variable	Normal BMI	High BMI	P-value
Follow-up Time (month; media)	20 (12.0 - 29.8)	18 (12.0 - 26.3)	0.468
Relapse-free Survival			0.812
No	148 (70.5%)	49 (68.1%)
Yes	62 (29.5%)	23 (31.9%)
Location of Recurrence			0.419
Anastomotic recurrence	18 (8.6%)	8 (11.1%)
Distant nodal metastases	19 (9.0%)	5 (6.9%)
Liver metastases	4 (1.9%)	2 (2.8%)
Pelvic metastasis	4 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)
Peritoneal metastasis	9 (4.3%)	7 (9.7%)
Other	8 (3.8%)	1 (1.4%)
Overall Survival			0.856
Dead	24 (11.4%)	7 (9.7%)
Alive	186 (88.6%)	65 (90.3%)

Table.5 Univariate analysis of prognostic factors indicating disease recurrence
Risk Factor	β	Hazard ratio	95% CI	P value
Age (＜70 vs. ≥70 years)	0.489	1.631	0.902-2.948	0.106
Sex (male vs. female)	0.291	0.747	0.466-1.199	0.228
BMI (normal BMI vs. high BMI)	0.185	1.203	0.745-1.944	0.45
Operation time (＜150 vs. ≥150 minutes)	0.094	1.099	0.714-1.691	0.668
Intraoperative blood loss (＜300 vs. ≥300ml)	0.125	0.133	0.415-3.096	0.807
Tumor invasion depth (T1/T2 vs. T3/T4)	1.637	5.139	1.264-20.900	0.022
Lymphatic metastasis (No vs. Yes)	0.012	1.012	0.579-1.796	0.967
Tumor size (＜5 vs. ≥ 5cm)	0.585	1.794	1.109-2.904	0.017

Abbreviations: CI (confidence interval).

Table 6. Multivariate analysis of prognostic factors indicating disease recurrence
Risk Factor	β	Hazard ratio	95% CI	P value
Age (＜70 vs. ≥70 years)	0.454	1.574	0.869-2.850	0.134
Tumor invasion depth (T1/T2 vs. T3/T4)	1.438	4.210	1.020-17.382	0.047
Lymphatic metastasis (No vs. Yes)	0.038	1.038	0.591-1.824	0.896
Tumor size (＜5 vs. ≥ 5cm)	0.471	1.603	0.985-2.608	0.058

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Effect of High Body Mass Index on Short- and Long-term Outcomes of Patients who Underwent Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Advanced Gastric Cancer: A Case Control Study

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