Open AccessEffects of preoperative sarcopenia on postoperative complications of minimally invasive oesophagectomy for oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Author(s) -
Jinxin Xu,
Bin Zheng,
Shuliang Zhang,
Taidui Zeng,
Hao Chen,
Wei Zheng,
Chun Chen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2019.05.55
Subject(s) - sarcopenia , medicine , univariate analysis , gastroenterology , pathological , lung cancer , body mass index , esophageal squamous cell carcinoma , surgery , cancer , multivariate analysis
Sarcopenia is closely associated with surgical complications in patients with certain cancers. In this study we assessed the relationship between sarcopenia and postoperative complications in patients with oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma.