Figure 3.

A 73-year-old man who underwent surgical resection of early gastric cancer. (a) The extent of visceral fat, subcutaneous fat and (b) muscle was measured on a transverse image at the level of the transverse processes of the third lumbar spine obtained before ESD (visceral fat, 190.0 cm²; subcutaneous fat, 68.9 cm²; muscle 122.4 cm²). Compared with the extents acquired before surgical resection, (c) the extent of visceral fat and subcutaneous fat was obviously reduced, and (d) the extent of muscle showed little interval change on a transverse image obtained at the same level after surgical resection (visceral fat, 8.3 cm²; subcutaneous fat, 27.4 cm²; muscle, 128.5 cm²).