Preoperative risk factors for skeletal muscle mass loss in patients with biliary tract cancer.

Ryo Sugiura Masaki KuwataniKazumichi KawakuboKazuma KishiHiroki YonemuraShunichiro NozawaMasatsugu OharaTakehiro NojiSatoshi HiranoNaoya Sakamoto

Published in: Journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic sciences (2024)

Skeletal muscle mass decreases preoperatively in most patients with BTC undergoing ERC. Post-ERC pancreatitis and cholangitis before surgery were independent risk factors for large skeletal muscle mass loss.

Keyphrases

skeletal muscle
insulin resistance
papillary thyroid
minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
squamous cell
patients undergoing
squamous cell carcinoma
metabolic syndrome
surgical site infection
lymph node metastasis
coronary artery disease
adipose tissue
percutaneous coronary intervention