Osman Bilgin Gülçiçek

The Impact of Body Mass Index on the Surgical Outcomes in Open Rectal Cancer Surgery

Ali Solmaz, Osman Bilgin Gülçiçek, Elif Binboğa, Aytaç Biricik, Candaş Erçetin, Hakan Yiğitbaş, Erkan Yavuz, Atilla Çelik & Fatih Çelebi · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2016

Technical difficulties which affect the outcomes of abdominal operations are common in obese patients, especially in rectal and gastric cancer cases. In several studies, it has been shown that increased body mass index (BMI) is associated with increased morbidity, reduced lymph n...