Effect of thoracic size on postoperative outcomes in transabdominal gastrectomy for Siewert type II/III adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction.

World J Surg Oncol · 2025 · PMC11830219 · PMID 39955562

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Although the anteroposterior thoracic diameter did not reach statistical significance in multivariate analysis, it still showed a similar trend for PPCs in univariate analysis (OR = 1.763, 95% CI: 1.050–2.961, p = 0.032), possibly due to a limited sample size.

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