Impact of muscle mass on survival of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after liver transplantation beyond the Milan criteria.
Berend Robert BeumerJeroen L A van VugtGonzalo SapisochinPeter YoonMarco BonginiDi LuXiao XuPaolo De SimoneLorenzo PintoreNicolas GolseMalgorzata NowosadWilliam BennetEmmanuel A TsochatzisEvangelia KoutliFariba AbbassiMarco P A W ClaasenManuela MerliJoanne O'RourkeMartina GambatoAlberto BenitoAvik MajumdarEk Khoon TanMaryam EbadiAldo J Montano-LozaMarina BerenguerHerold Johnny MetselaarWojciech Grzegorz PolakVincenzo MazzaferroJan Nicolaas Maria IJzermansnull nullPublished in: Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (2022)
Overall, we can conclude that higher muscle mass contributes to a better long-term survival. However, for individual patients, low muscle mass should not be considered an absolute contra-indication for LT as its discriminatory performance was limited.