Obesity Does Not Influence Delayed Gastric Emptying Following Pancreatoduodenectomy

• Published in: Biology (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 11; no. 5; p. 763
• Main Authors: Enderes, Jana, Pillny, Christiane, Matthaei, Hanno, Manekeller, Steffen, Kalff, Jörg C, Glowka, Tim R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 17.05.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Asthma; Body mass index; Cancer therapies; Cardiovascular diseases; Complications; delayed gastric emptying; Diabetes mellitus; Disease prevention; Food intake; Gastric emptying; Gastric motility; Hospitals; Mortality; Nutrition research; Obesity; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreaticoduodenectomy; Parenteral nutrition; Patients; Postoperative; Surgery; Tumors; whipple; United States > US; whipple; pancreaticoduodenectomy; body mass index; obesity; delayed gastric emptying

Background: The data about obesity on postoperative outcome after pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) are inconsistent, specifically in relation to gastric motility and delayed gastric emptying (DGE). Methods: Two hundred and eleven patients were included in the study and patients were retrospectively analyz...