Influence of preoperative BMI and weight loss on colorectal cancer surgery - a retrospective cohort study

• Conditions: C18; C20; Malignant neoplasm of colon; Malignant neoplasm of rectum

• Registration Number: DRKS00025359
• Lead Sponsor: Klinik für Allgemeine, Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie; Universitätsklinikum Tübingen

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2018-08-01
• Study Start: 2021-05-21
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1241

Inclusion Criteria

Colorectal cancer surgery in the years 2004 to 2014 at the Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery at Tübingen University Hospital

Exclusion Criteria

Minority; lack of patient consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Determination of the influence of preoperative body mass index and preoperative weight loss on postoperative complications (wound infection; anastomotic leakage; in-hospital mortality).