Sarcopenia discriminates poor prognosis in elderly patients following emergency surgery for perforation panperitonitis.

Nobuhide KuboHirohumi KawanakaShoji HiroshigeHirotada TajiriAkinori EgashiraHideya TakeuchiToshifumi MatsumotoEiji OkiTokujiro Yano

Published in: Annals of gastroenterological surgery (2019)

Sarcopenia is a predictive factor of severe complications and in-hospital mortality following emergency surgery for perforation panperitonitis, especially in elderly patients. Estimation of sarcopenia may identify patients eligible or not eligible for emergency surgery among elderly patients.

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