ArticleMaxillofacial plastic and reconstructive surgery2024
Impact of skeletal muscle mass on postoperative complications in oral cancer surgery.
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- Incidence and influencing factors of surgical site infection in patients with oral cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infection in Patients with Oral Cancer: A Systematic Review.Annals of surgical oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Modified 5-Item Frailty Index Is Associated with Postoperative Delirium but Not Survival in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- ASO Author Reflections: Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infection in Patients with Oral Cancer: A Systematic Review.Annals of surgical oncology · 2025Article
- Chest CT-determined sarcopenia is associated with poorer functional outcomes in osteoarthritis patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty: a retrospective cohort study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundSarcopenia is characterized by a progressive and generalized loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength. The aim of this retrospective study was to investigate the impact of skeletal muscle mass on adverse events in free-flap reconstruction for defects after oral cancer resection.
resultsOf 120 patients, recipient-site adverse events occurred in 56 patients (46.7%), and recipient-site surgical site infections occurred in 45 patients (37.5%). Skeletal muscle index was significantly associated with recipient-site adverse events in univariate analysis (P < 0.05). Lower body mass index and skeletal muscle index were significantly associated with recipient-site surgical site infection in univariate analysis (P < 0.05). In the multiple logistic regression model, a lower skeletal muscle index was a significant risk factor for recipient-site adverse events and surgical site infections (adverse events odds ratio; 3.17/P = 0.04; surgical site infection odds ratio; 3.76/P = 0.02).
conclusionsThe SMI at level Th12 was an independent factor for postoperative AEs, especially SSI, in OSCC patients with free-flap reconstruction.
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