Role of body mass index in anastomotic leakage after curative treatment for rectal cancer.

Reem A AlHarbiOsama AlmosallamSara AlbastakiAsim AlmughamsiNasser Alsanea

Published in: Annals of Saudi medicine (2024)

The study was retrospective with all the inherit biases of such studies. The sample size was small and this may have introduced a type 2 statistical error.

Keyphrases

rectal cancer
body mass index
locally advanced
physical activity
cross sectional
weight gain
radiation therapy
case control
replacement therapy