Health-Related Quality of Life, Cachexia and Overall Survival After Major Upper Abdominal Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study | Zendy

Eirik Kjus Aahlin | Zendy; G. Tranø | Zendy; Neil Johns | Zendy; Arild Horn | Zendy; Jon Arne Søreide | Zendy; Kenneth C. H. Fearon | Zendy; Arthur Revhaug | Zendy; Kristoffer Lassen | Zendy

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Health-Related Quality of Life, Cachexia and Overall Survival After Major Upper Abdominal Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study

Author(s) -

Eirik Kjus Aahlin,

G. Tranø,

Neil Johns,

Arild Horn,

Jon Arne Søreide,

Kenneth C. H. Fearon,

Arthur Revhaug,

Kristoffer Lassen

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

scandinavian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.774

H-Index - 50

eISSN - 1799-7267

pISSN - 1457-4969

DOI - 10.1177/1457496916645962

Subject(s) - medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , sarcopenia , cachexia , prospective cohort study , cohort , weight loss , cohort study , population , physical therapy , surgery , cancer , obesity , environmental health , nursing

Major upper abdominal surgery is often associated with reduced health-related quality of life and reduced survival. Patients with upper abdominal malignancies often suffer from cachexia, represented by preoperative weight loss and sarcopenia (low skeletal muscle mass) and this might affect both health-related quality of life and survival. We aimed to investigate how health-related quality of life is affected by cachexia and how health-related quality of life relates to long-term survival after major upper abdominal surgery.

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