Hiroshima Prefectural Hospital

Abdominal aortic calcification predicts anastomotic leakage after gastrectomy: a multicenter retrospective cohort study from the Hiroshima Surgical study group of Clinical Oncology

Anastomotic leakage (AL) is a critical complication following gastrectomy for gastric cancer (GC). Abdominal aortic calcification (AAC), a surrogate marker of systemic atherosclerosis and frailty, has been associated with AL only in single-center studies. This multicenter study e...