ArticleArchives of medical science : AMS2021
Sarcopenia is associated with increased severe postoperative complications after colon cancer surgery.
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- Impact of New Inflammation/Nutrition-Based Indicators on Prognosis in Elderly Patients With Colorectal Cancer.Mediators of inflammation · 2025Article
- Analysis of the current status of computed tomography diagnosis of sarcopenia.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2025Article
- Development and validation of a dynamic nomogram for individualized prediction of survival in patients with colon cancer.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Developing and validating a Modified Cachexia Index to predict the outcomes for colorectal cancer after radical surgery.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2024Article
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- Preoperative controlling nutritional status as an optimal prognostic nutritional index to predict the outcome for colorectal cancer.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2024Article
- Exploring the utility of bedside tests for predicting cardiorespiratory fitness in older adults.Aging medicine (Milton (N.S.W)) · 2024Article
- Low skeletal muscle mass as a proxy marker of sarcopenia is a risk factor for major complications in older patients undergoing curative colon resections for colon cancer.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Preoperative evaluation of sarcopenia in patients with colorectal cancer: a prospective study.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2023Article
- Association between preoperative diagnosis of sarcopenia and postoperative pneumonia in resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionStudies have shown that sarcopenia is associated with poor outcomes in patients with gastrointestinal cancer undergoing surgery. We aimed to investigate the relationship between postoperative complications of sarcopenic patients who had been operated on for colon cancer and the effects on short-term mortality. MATERIAL AND
methodsIn this study, patients who had undergone colon cancer surgery between January 2013 and December 2018 were collected retrospectively. Sarcopenia was diagnosed by the skeletal muscle index (SMI) derived from a preoperative computed tomography scan. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to determine whether sarcopenia is associated with postoperative major complications (POMC).
resultsThe study included 160 patients with a mean age of 62.4 ±12.6 years. Clavien-Dindo grade 1-2 (minor) complications were not significantly different between the groups (
conclusionsThis study showed that while sarcopenia is a risk factor for POMC, sarcopenia also prolongs the duration of ICU stay. Also sarcopenia has no effect on short-term mortality.
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