The impact of sarcopenia on short- and long-term outcomes of endoscopic submucosal dissection for early gastric cancer.
Hiroyuki HisadaYosuke TsujiMiho ObataRina ChoSayaka NagaoYuko MiuraHiroya MizutaniDaisuke OhkiSeiichi YakabiYu TakahashiYoshiki SakaguchiNaomi KakushimaNobutake YamamichiMitsuhiro FujishiroPublished in: Journal of gastroenterology (2022)
Patients with sarcopenia had significantly more adverse events and shorter OS; therefore, evaluation of a patient's general condition, including sarcopenia, before ESD is important.