ArticleBMC urology2017
A low psoas muscle volume correlates with a longer hospitalization after radical cystectomy.
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- Sarcopenia in Urinary Bladder Cancer: Definition, Prevalence and Prognostic Value in Survival.Maedica · 2022Article
- Sarcopenia as an independent predictor for venous thromboembolism events in bladder cancer patients undergoing radical cystectomy.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Article
- Preoperative sarcopenia and systemic immune-inflammation index can predict response to intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin instillation in patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Article
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- Sarcopenia is associated with survival in patients with urothelial carcinoma treated with systemic chemotherapy.International journal of clinical oncology · 2022Article
- Prognostic Effect of Preoperative Psoas Muscle Hounsfield Unit at Radical Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer.Cancers · 2021Article
- Clinical impact of psoas muscle volume on the development of inguinal hernia after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.Surgical endoscopy · 2021Article
- Establishment of normative biometric data for body composition based on computed tomography in a North American cohort.Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2021Article
- Large-scale analysis of iliopsoas muscle volumes in the UK Biobank.Scientific reports · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundRecently, sarcopenia has been reported as a new predictor for patient outcomes or likelihood of post-operative complications. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association of the psoas muscle volume with the length of hospitalization among patients undergoing radical cystectomy.
methodsA total of 63 (80.8%) male patients and 15 (19.2%) female patients who underwent radical cystectomy for their bladder cancer in our institution from 2000 to 2015 were analyzed. The psoas muscle index (PMI) was calculated by normalizing the psoas muscle area calculated using axial computed tomography at the level of the umbilicus (cm
resultsThe median PMIs (mean ± standard deviation) were 391 (394 ± 92.1) and 271 (278 ± 92.6) cm
conclusionsThe presence of sarcopenia was found to be associated with significantly longer hospitalization after radical cystectomy in male patients. Furthermore, in men, a PMI <400 may suggest a significantly worse prognosis.
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