Radiographic sarcopenia predicts postoperative infectious complications in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Kosei TakagiRyuichi YoshidaTakahito YagiYuzo UmedaDaisuke NobuokaTakashi KuiseToshiyoshi Fujiwara

Published in: BMC surgery (2017)

Sarcopenia is an independent preoperative predictor of infectious complications after PD. Clinical assessment combined with sarcopenia may be helpful for understanding the risk of postoperative outcomes and determining perioperative management strategies.

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patients undergoing
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