Skeletal muscle loss after laparoscopic gastrectomy assessed by measuring the total psoas area.

Yuta YamazakiShingo KanajiGosuke TakiguchiNaoki UrakawaHiroshi HasegawaMasashi YamamotoYoshiko MatsudaKimihiro YamashitaTakeru MatsudaTaro OshikiriTetsu NakamuraSatoshi SuzukiYoshihiro Kakeji

Published in: Surgery today (2019)

Laparoscopic gastrectomy leads to postoperative TPA loss, especially in patients who underwent LTG and had postoperative respiratory complications. Postoperative complications after LDG were also a risk factor for TPA loss.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
skeletal muscle
end stage renal disease
robot assisted
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
patient reported outcomes
adipose tissue
respiratory tract
patient reported