Is intraoperative blood loss a critical risk factor for peritoneal recurrence after curative resection of advanced gastric cancer?
Intraoperative blood loss in curative gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer may have a specific association with the development of peritoneal recurrence. Surgeons must remember that clean and dry surgery may lessen not only 30-day mortality and morbidity but long-term peritoneal recurrence in gastric cancer.
Greater visceral adiposity is associated with an increase in future insulin resistance.