ArticleInternational urology and nephrology2022
The role of CT-scan assessment of muscle mass in predicting postoperative surgical complications after renal transplantation.
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- Association of Myosteatosis and of Graft Loss after Kidney Transplantation: An International Observational Study.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2026Article
- The Impact of Sarcopenia, Myosteatosis, and Visceral Adiposity on Renal Transplantation Outcomes.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Ultrasound-based assessment of muscle mass is associated with early recovery after kidney transplant: a prospective single-center study.BMC anesthesiology · 2025Article
- Myosteatosis as a New Risk Factor of Surgical Complications in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Retrospective Study.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2025Article
- Low skeletal muscle density is a risk factor for constipation in patients on maintenance dialysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Assessing Patients beyond the Simple Optics of BMI: The Concomitant Role of Sarcopenia and BMI in Predicting Kidney Transplant Outcomes.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Computed tomography-determined skeletal muscle density predicts 3-year mortality in initial-dialysis patients in China.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeDespite a high rate of undernutrition in renal transplantation recipients, prognostic value of sarcopenia remains unclear. We evaluated the relation between sarcopenia and post-operative outcomes after renal transplantation.
methodsDuring 7 years, each patient who underwent renal transplantation was retrospectively included. Patients with no recent pre-operative CT-scan were excluded. Sarcopenia was evaluated by measuring the muscle surface area on CT-scan section passing through the third lumbar vertebra. Main outcomes were post-operative complications at 1 month and 1 year according to the Clavien-Dindo classification.
resultsOverall, 102 patients were included. One month of complication rate was 63.9%. At 1 year, 60.8% experienced at least one medical complication and 29.4% one surgical complication. At 1 year post transplantation, low muscle density on CT scan was a surgical complication risk factor (OR = 0.6, 95% CI = [0.3-0.9], p = 0.05). The area under the curve of a 1-year complication predictive model including muscle density was 0.64. We did not observe significant relationship between CT-scan sarcopenia indicator and 1-month post-transplantation complication.
conclusionAlthough no clear link between sarcopenia and complications was exhibited in our study, low CT-scan muscle density was associated with 1-year surgical complications. The role of muscle density and its relation with sarcopenia and post-transplantation outcomes should be further explored.
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