Impact of visceral obesity on operative outcomes of laparoscopic nephrectomy: comparison between visceral fat area and body mass index

Abstract Background Obesity has been considered as a risk factor influencing operative difficulty. It was reported that body mass index (BMI; kg/m2) did not always properly reflect the degree of a patient’s visceral fat. The purpose of this study is to retrospectively investigate the association of...

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Published in:	African Journal of Urology
Main Authors:	Tateki Yoshino, Shota Oshima, Tomoyuki Sugitani, Yusuke Kobayashi, Kazuo Kawakami, Koji Kodama, Hideyuki Onuma, Hiroaki Yasumoto, Hiroaki Shiina, Yasuhisa Hasegawa
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SpringerOpen 2021-04-01
Subjects:	Obesity Visceral fat area (VFA) Body mass index (BMI) Laparoscopic nephrectomy Operative difficulty
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12301-021-00164-8