Prognostic effect of sarcopenia in patients undergoing laparoscopic rectal cancer resection.
Giuseppe PortaleMatteo ZuinYlenia Camilla SpolveratoPatrizia BartolottaDario GregoriCarlo RettoreLuca CancianAlberto MorabitoTeodoro SavaValentino FisconPublished in: ANZ journal of surgery (2023)
Long-term results of rectal cancer patients undergoing curative resection are affected by their preoperative skeletal muscle status. Larger studies including comprehensive data on muscle strength along with SMI are awaited to confirm these results on both Eastern and Western rectal cancer patient populations before strategies to reverse muscle depletion can be extensively applied.