ArticleSurgery today2022
Is radiological psoas muscle area measurement a predictor of postoperative complications after rectal resection for rectal cancer? A retrospective study.
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- Association of computed tomography-derived body composition and complications after colorectal cancer surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2024Pooled it
- Preoperative sarcopenia negatively impacts short- and long-term outcomes of rectal cancer: A propensity score-matched analysis.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2025Article
- Preoperative body composition metrics as predictors for outcomes in colorectal cancer surgeries.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Article
- The role of sarcopenia in fragility fractures of the pelvis - is sarcopenia an underestimated risk factor?BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Preoperative Prognostic Nutritional Index was not predictive of short-term complications after laparoscopic resection for rectal cancer.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2023Article
- The influence of serum cholinesterase levels and sarcopenia on postoperative infectious complications in colorectal cancer surgery.Surgery today · 2023Article
- The psoas muscle density as a predictor of postoperative complications in elderly patients undergoing rectal cancer resection.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- Clinical Relevance of Myopenia and Myosteatosis in Colorectal Cancer.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
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Abstract
purposePrevious studies have reported that sarcopenia increases the risk of postoperative complications following colorectal resection. This retrospective study assessed the postoperative complications of rectal resection associated with sarcopenia.
methodsWe retrospectively analyzed 262 patients who underwent curative low anterior resection for primary rectal cancer from January 2008 to May 2020 at our institution. The patients were divided into a sarcopenia group (normalized total psoas muscle area < 6.36 cm
resultsThe overall rate of postoperative complications within 30 days of surgery was higher in the sarcopenia group than in the non-sarcopenia group (46.9 vs. 29.6%; P = 0.028). The rate of postoperative remote infections was higher in the sarcopenia group than in the non-sarcopenia group (12.2 vs. 2.8%; P = 0.012). Sarcopenia was found to be a predictor of remote infection by a multivariate analysis (odds ratio, 4.08; 95% confidence interval, 1.12-14.80; P = 0.033).
conclusionSarcopenia diagnosed using the psoas muscle index was found to be an independent predictive factor for postoperative remote infection after curative low anterior resection for rectal cancer.
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