Preoperative risk factors for skeletal muscle mass loss in patients with biliary tract cancer.

Ryo Sugiura Masaki KuwataniKazumichi KawakuboKazuma KishiHiroki YonemuraShunichiro NozawaMasatsugu OharaTakehiro NojiSatoshi HiranoNaoya Sakamoto

Published in: Journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic sciences (2024)

Skeletal muscle mass decreases preoperatively in most patients with BTC undergoing ERC. Post-ERC pancreatitis and cholangitis before surgery were independent risk factors for large skeletal muscle mass loss.

Keyphrases

skeletal muscle
insulin resistance
minimally invasive
papillary thyroid
coronary artery bypass
squamous cell
squamous cell carcinoma
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue
ulcerative colitis
childhood cancer
atrial fibrillation
acute coronary syndrome