Pre-operative Sarcopenia Predicts Low Islet Cell Yield Following Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation for Chronic Pancreatitis.
Guru TrikudanathanGhislaine FeussomLevi TeigenSatish MunigalaKathleen PriceAhmed DirweeshJoshua J WilhelmBernhard J HeringVarvara KirchnerSrinath ChinnakotlaGreg BeilmanMartin L FreemanMelena D BellinPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2020)
Sarcopenia is frequent in CP patients undergoing TPIAT, but not readily recognized by standard anthropometric measurement. Sarcopenia was associated with increased chance of discharge to a residential rehabilitation facility and with a poor islet yield during TPIAT. It is therefore critical to optimize nutrition prior to TPIAT surgery in CP patients.