Pre-operative Sarcopenia Identifies Patients at Risk for Poor Survival After Resection of Biliary Tract Cancers.
Jeffery ChakedisGaya SpolveratoEliza W BealIngrid WoelfelFabio BaganteKatiuscha MerathSteven H SunAaron ChafitzJason GaloMary DillhoffJordan CloydTimothy M PawlikPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2018)
Sarcopenia was common among patients undergoing resection of BTC, occurring in 1 of every 3 patients. Sarcopenia was associated with poor survival after resection, particularly among patients who experienced a recurrence. Body composition metrics such as sarcopenia and low psoas muscle density in addition to low albumin level were able to stratify patients into different prognostic categories.