Preoperative predictors for complications after pancreaticoduodenectomy: impact of BMI and body fat distribution.

Michael G. House,Yuman Fong,Dean Arnaoutakis,Rohit Sharma,Corinne B. Winston,Mladjan Protic,Mithat Gonen,Sara H. Olson,Robert C. Kurtz,Murray F. Brennan,Peter J. Allen

Preoperative predictors for complications after pancreaticoduodenectomy: impact of BMI and body fat distribution.

2008

Michael G. House
Yuman Fong
Dean Arnaoutakis
Rohit Sharma
Corinne B. Winston
Mladjan Protic
Mithat Gonen
Sara H. Olson
Robert C. Kurtz
Murray F. Brennan
Peter J. Allen

Background The purpose of this study was to examine the preoperative patient and radiographic factors that are associated with operative morbidity after pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Keywords:

Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Radiography
Obesity
Body mass index
Multivariate analysis
Surgery
General surgery
Body fat distribution
Diabetes mellitus
Medicine
operative morbidity

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