Cross-sectional area of psoas muscle as a predictive marker of anastomotic failure in male rectal cancer patients: Japanese single institutional retrospective observational study.
Yusuke MizuuchiYoshitaka TanabeMasafumi SadaKoji TamuraKinuko NagayoshiShuntaro NagaiYusuke WatanabeSadafumi TamiyaKohei NakataKenoki OhuchidaToru NakanoMasafumi NakamuraPublished in: Annals of coloproctology (2022)
This study showed that male rectal cancer patients with a large psoas muscle mass who underwent lower anastomosis had a higher rate of postoperative anastomotic leakage.