Background　Visceral　obesity　has　been　increasingly　recognized　as　a　potential　risk　factor　for　surgical　complications　in　gastric　cancer　surgery,　yet　its　impact　on　lymphadenectomy　during　laparoscopic　gastrectomy　remains　undefined.　This　study　aimed　to　investigate　the　influence　of　visceral　fat　area　(VFA)　on　intraoperative　adverse　events　(iAEs)　during　lymphadenectomy　in　laparoscopic　gastrectomy.　Methods　A　post　hoc　analysis　was　performed　using　data　from　two　previous　prospective　studies　([NCT02327481]　and　[NCT01609309]).　The　patients　were　divided　into　high　and　low　VFA　groups　based　on　preoperative　computed　tomography　images　at　the　umbilical　level.　All　iAEs　were　reviewed　from　the　surgical　videos　and　graded　using　ClassIntra.　The　factors　influencing　iAEs　were　identified,　and　predictive　models　for　iAEs　were　constructed.　Results　This　study　included　490　patients,　with　244　and　246　patients　in　the　high　and　low　VFA　groups,　respectively.　Restricted　cubic　splines　demonstrated　a　positive　linear　association　between　VFA　and　iAEs.　Compared　with　the　low　VFA　group,　the　high　VFA　group　exhibited　a　significantly　higher　incidence　of　iAEs　(29%　vs.　12%,　p　＜　0.001),　primarily　in　the　infrapyloric　(9.0%　vs.　2.0%)　and　suprapancreatic　(23.4%　vs.　9.3%)　regions　and　higher　rates　of　ClassIntra　I-III.　Multivariate　logistic　regression　identified　high　VFA　as　an　independent　risk　factor　for　iAEs　(hazard　ratio　[HR]　2.16,　95%　confidence　interval　[CI]:　1.22　-　3.83).　Based　on　the　VFA,　nomograms　were　developed　to　predict　iAEs　(training　area　under　the　curve　[AUC]　0.722,　validation　AUC　0.730).　Meanwhile,　a　web-based　calculator　was　developed　to　facilitate　clinical　application.　Conclusions　High　preoperative　VFA　is　independently　correlated　with　iAEs　after　laparoscopic　gastrectomy　for　gastric　cancer.　Nomograms　based　on　VFA　showed　potential　in　predicting　iAEs,　helping　identify　high-risk　patients　early　and　facilitating　tailored　perioperative　management.