Association of sex-specific donor skeletal muscle index with surgical outcomes in living donor liver transplantation recipients.

Ji-Hoon SimKyoung Won KimYouSun KoHye-Mee KwonYoung-Jin MoonIn-Gu JunSung-Hoon KimSeonok KimJun-Gol SongGyu-Sam Hwang

Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2022)

Donor SMI was associated with surgical outcomes in recipients. Robust male and female donors were a significant negative and protective factor for grafts respectively.

Keyphrases

skeletal muscle
kidney transplantation
insulin resistance
adipose tissue