Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	3231
Country	China

Received	2013-04-16 07:46
Peer-Review Started	2013-04-16 10:25
To Make the First Decision	2013-05-02 10:28
Return for Revision	2013-05-13 14:20
Revised	2013-05-31 16:11
Second Decision	2013-06-19 13:00
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2013-06-20 01:13
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Publish the Manuscript Online	2013-07-29 11:18

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Category	Surgery
Manuscript Type	Meta-Analysis
Article Title	Impact of being overweight on the surgical outcomes of patients with gastric cancer: A meta-analysis
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Xiang-Song Wu, Wen-Guang Wu, Mao-Lan Li, Jia-Hua Yang, Qi-Chen Ding, Lin Zhang, Jia-Sheng Mu, Jun Gu, Ping Dong, Jian-Hua Lu and Ying-Bin Liu
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Corresponding Author	Ying-Bin Liu, MD, PhD, Department of General Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 1665 Kongjiang Rd, Shanghai 200092, China. liuybphd@126.com
Key Words	Overweight; Body mass index; Gastric cancer; Gastrectomy
Core Tip	Surgical and postoperative complications are believed to be greater for overweight patients with gastric cancer, but this is controversial due to conflicting results from previous studies. This meta-analysis identified 23 studies with a total of 20678 patients, and the results indicate that overweight patients had significantly increased operation times, blood loss, complications, anastomosis leakages, and pancreatic fistulas, whereas lymph node retrieval was decreased significantly in the overweight group. In addition, overweight patients had poorer long-term survival. Therefore, being overweight not only increased the surgical difficulty and complications but also impaired the long-term survival of patients with gastric cancer.
Publish Date	2013-07-29 11:18
Citation	Wu XS, Wu WG, Li ML, Yang JH, Ding QC, Zhang L, Mu JS, Gu J, Dong P, Lu JH, Liu YB. Impact of being overweight on the surgical outcomes of patients with gastric cancer: A meta-analysis. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19(28): 4596-4606
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v19/i27/4596.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v19.i27.4596

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