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Impact of reduced skeletal muscle volume on clinical outcome after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: A retrospective study.
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- Association of preoperative psoas muscle index with clinical outcomes in surgical esophageal cancer patients: a meta-analysis.BMC gastroenterology · 2026Pooled it
- Sarcopenia and risk of postoperative pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of sarcopenia on esophagectomy for cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC surgery · 2023Pooled it
- Preoperative PD-1Oncology letters · 2025Article
- Systemic inflammation score as a predictor of death within one year after esophagectomy.Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society · 2024Article
- Clinical significance of postoperative subcutaneous emphysema after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for esophageal cancer.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
- Psoas muscle mass index and peak expiratory flow as measures of sarcopenia: relation to outcomes of elderly patients with resectable esophageal cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- Tolerability of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for esophageal cancer in elderly patients over 76 years of age.Nagoya journal of medical science · 2022Article
- The Optimal Definition of Sarcopenia for Predicting Postoperative Pneumonia after Esophagectomy in Patients with Esophageal Cancer.World journal of surgery · 2021Article
- Clinical impact of psoas muscle volume on the development of inguinal hernia after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.Surgical endoscopy · 2021Article
- Impact of postoperative reduced skeletal muscle on prognosis after recurrence in gastric cancer.Molecular and clinical oncology · 2021Article
- Postoperative pneumonia causes the loss of skeletal muscle volume and poor prognosis in patients undergoing esophagectomy for esophageal cancer.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2021Article
- Risk factors and therapeutic measures for postoperative complications associated with esophagectomy.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2020Review
- Perioperative physical and nutritional therapy for tongue cancer-induced malnutrition and muscle atrophy: A case report.Physical therapy research · 2020Article
- Predictive value of immuno-inflammatory and nutritional measures modulated by neoadjuvant chemotherapy on the response of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and long-term outcomes in patients with esophageal cancer.Oncology letters · 2020Article
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Abstract
The aim of the study was to clarify the impact of reduced skeletal muscle volume on the morbidity of patients who underwent esophagectomy for esophageal cancer.Malnutrition and reduced skeletal muscle volume, that is, presarcopenia, are reportedly associated with a high frequency of postoperative complications after esophagectomy. However, it remains unclear whether the reduction of skeletal muscle volume following esophagectomy may affect clinical outcomes including pneumonia occurred beyond the preoperative period.From February 2009 to June 2015, in 123 patients, we retrospectively evaluated the postoperative changes of the psoas muscle index (PI) on computed tomography and assessed their impact on the incidence of pneumonia after esophagectomy.There was a significant reduction in the PI 6 months after surgery compared to the preoperative value. The incidence of pneumonia as of 6 months after surgery was 23.6%, which was higher in patients of advanced age (P = .02), those with a lower body mass index (P = .02), and those with a greater reduction of PI during 6 months after surgery (P = .03). It was not associated with preoperative nutritional data, pulmonary function, operative procedure, and preoperative PI. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that age and postoperative PI reduction were independently associated with the incidence of pneumonia 6 months after surgery (hazard ratio [HR] = 2.92, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.16-7.32, P = .02; HR = 3.25, 95% CI 1.15-9.15, P = .03, respectively). Patients with pneumonia 6 months after surgery had significantly poorer overall survival than those without pneumonia at that time.Postoperative reduction of skeletal muscle volume was independently associated with the occurrence of pneumonia beyond the preoperative period, which might indicate the importance of a postoperative nutritional support after perioperative period in esophageal cancer patients.
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