Pre-operative psoas muscle index, a surrogate for sarcopenia; as a predictor of post-esophagectomy complications

• Main Authors: Tan, Yunrong, Jin, Wong Wei, Mahendran, Hans Alexander, Koon, Yoong Boon, Jahit, Shukri, Kamaruddin, Muhammad Arif, Anuar, Nor Aini, Daud, Noor Aida Mat
• Format: Article
• Published: Oxford University Press 2024
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/45917/; https://doi.org/10.1093/dote/doad072
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Background Esophagectomy is the standard of care for curative esophageal cancer. However, it is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Esophageal cancer is known to negatively affect the nutritional status of patients and many manifest cancer sarcopenia. At present, measures of sarcope...