Association between specific presurgical anthropometric indexes and morbidity in patients undergoing rectal cancer resection

Baseline body composition has been associated with dismal outcomes in patients undergoing a variety of major abdominal operations. Whether specific anthropometric indexes can predict morbidity after rectal resection has been poorly investigated. The aims of this study were to assess whether there is a relationship between body mass index and the different computed tomography–assessed body composition indexes, and whether the analysis of...