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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Opportunistic CT-Based Sarcopenia Screening: Masseter Muscle Index as a Prognostic Indicator of Prolonged Hospitalization in Carotid Endarterectomy.

Sultan AlSheikh, Othman Alabdullah, Ghadah Alarify, Mohammed Ibn Saqyan, Kaisor Iqbal, Abdulmajeed Altoijry

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Sultan AlSheikhDivision of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-4528-1662
Othman AlabdullahCollege of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0009-0005-8731-1008
Ghadah AlarifyCollege of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-1316-6109
Mohammed Ibn SaqyanCollege of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0009-0008-8317-7640
Kaisor IqbalDivision of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulmajeed AltoijryDivision of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-1868-0265

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6 · The paper itself

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carotid endarterectomyfrailtyhospital length of staymasseter muscle indexsarcopenia

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PMID42122080
PMCPMC13163589

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